Humans-as-a-Service

Aziz Hurzook is a systems engineer whose work sits at the intersection of intelligent systems, low-power devices and ecological conservation. With a background that includes mathematics, physics and AI, he brings a unique perspective to some of today's most interesting technical challenges.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Physics from the University of Toronto, where he studied applied math, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, chemistry and molecular biology. He went on to earn his Master's in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Computational Neuroscience Research Group, specializing in biologically plausible, low-power AI (neuromorphic computing) — a field likely to reshape how learning and inference are performed at the hardware level, based on biological principles.

Professionally, he has provided technology consulting and development to industry leaders like Microsoft, IBM, banks, insurers, systems integrators, manufacturers and startups. He successfully exited from a Series C venture-backed startup he co-founded during the dot-com era (and has the scars to prove it). More recently, he has taught high school-level math to both underprivileged and enrichment students.

He continues to work on a variety of projects in the low-power, localized AI and satellite-wireless domains.