Background
I'm a Staff Software Engineer and Machine Learning researcher at Google in Boulder, Colorado. I serve as the Tech Lead and Manager for the Google Drive SDK team. Previously, I worked on Google Drive more generally developing features such as file versions, simplified drag and drop upload, the Google Drive SDK (including Version 2 of the SDK), Apps in Google Drive, Apps for Gmail Attachments, MyMaps in Drive, and Android Auto Backup in Drive.
I'm also active in research at Google, with inventions and patents in the areas of natural language processing, third-party application integration, and file synchronization in the context of cloud-based storage systems.
I received my Ph.D. in Machine Learning from the Computer Science Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2007. (Here's an article that summarizes my doctoral research.) My research interests include machine learning classification and ensemble methods, personalization and recommendation, computer vision, robotics, and search. I also like to dabble in this and that, e.g., Braitenberg Vehicles.
My resume (PDF).
Here is some information on the Hand-Labeled DARPA LAGR Datasets.
I can be contacted through Google+, my LinkedIn profile, or at mprocopio@gmail.com. To be extra hip, you can also email me at mike@procop.io.
New! I recently developed Zip Extractor, a free web app for unzipping files and Gmail attachments into Google Drive. You can install it now from the Chrome Web Store. Zip Extractor is open source.
New! My book, Instant Google Drive Starter, was recently published and is now available on Amazon.com.
Selected Publications (view in Google Scholar)
False Event Screening Using Data Mining in Historical Archives
Estimation of Arrival Times from Seismic Waves: a Manifold-Based Approach
Coping with Imbalanced Training Data for Improved Terrain Prediction in Autonomous Outdoor Robot Navigation
SAPLE: Sandia Advanced Personnel Locator Engine
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