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-<figcaption><strong>Mihai Bizovi</strong> | Head of Data Science @AdoreMe</figcaption>
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-<p>In the <a href="./index.html">homepage</a>, you saw the different roles that are important to me: the craft of AI, teaching, and just being.</p>
+<p>In the <a href="./index.html">homepage</a>, you saw the different roles that are important to me: the craft of AI, teaching, and living wisely.</p>
 <p>On another note, my interests in AI, art, cognitive science, and philosophy have an aspect of science, craft, worldview, and deep participation, engagement. Moreover, they are deeply interconnected and I would even say, <strong>synoptically integrated</strong>.</p>
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 <li>My serious work was at the intersection of Bayesian Statistics and Machine Learning (thesis, dissertation)</li>
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 <li>Teaching Data Science (by which I mean Decision Science) at university and private courses. You can check out the key ideas in the <a href="https://course.economic-cybernetics.com">course homepage</a>.</li>
-<li>Head of Data Science at AdoreMe Tech, with the firm since 2016
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-<li>Lingerie e-commerce in the U.S., with a PAYG, subscription and try-at-home business models</li>
-<li>$250m revenue in 2022, acquired by Victoria’s Secret</li>
+<li>Lingerie e-commerce in the U.S., with a PAYG, subscription, try-at-home, marketplace business models. Acquired by Victoria’s Secret in 2022</li>
 <li>70 tech people in Bucharest, over 300 employees</li>
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 <li>Some typical applications of AI in an e-commerce I contributed to:
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-<li>Demand Planning and Inventory Optimization systems to prevent lost sales and excess inventory</li>
-<li>Recommender Systems to help users find relevant, personalized items and bundles</li>
-<li>Marketing optimizations in Acquisition/Advertisement, Engagement, CRM, Merchandising, Pricing and Promotion</li>
+<li>Demand Planning and Inventory Optimization systems to prevent lost sales and excess inventory across multiple distribution channels</li>
+<li>Recommender Systems to help users find relevant, personalized items and bundles, the most challenging use-case being in home-try-on</li>
+<li>Marketing optimizations in Acquisition, Advertisement, Engagement, CRM, Merchandising, Pricing and Promotion</li>
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-<li>Reading about “Philosophy as a Way of Life” &amp; Cognitive Science</li>
-<li>Painting, Hiking, Jazz/Classical/Metal</li>
-<li>Played chess professionally, but that much stress isn’t worth it</li>
+<li>Reading about “Philosophy as a Way of Life” and Cognitive Science</li>
+<li>Painting and drawing places I love, learning art history</li>
+<li>Hiking and long walks; going to Jazz, Classical, Metal concerts</li>
+<li>Played chess professionally, but as most, gave it up as an adult</li>
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