Rick Chakra

Education: Ph.D. Candidate in Computing and Informatics, UNC Charlotte
M.S. in Data Science and Business Analytics, UNC Charlotte

Courses Taught: Ph.D. Candidate in Computing and Informatics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
M.S. in Data Science and Business Analytics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Biography: Rick Chakra is the Founder and CEO of Armada IQ, a venture-backed startup building autonomous vehicle assessment and benchmarking tools. Rick’s academic research focuses on exploring the boundaries of machine intelligence through simulation. Rick was previously a Senior Consultant in Deloitte’s Applied AI practice and has experience in solution architecture, computer vision, and machine learning.