Rajiv Maheswaran

CEO and Co-Founder of Second Spectrum
Venture-backed AI startup using computer vision and machine learning to automate next-generation data collection, analysis and visualization in sports
2013-2023Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science
University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering
2004-2013Currently tinkering at something new...

📺 TED Talk
→ The Math Behind Basketball’s Wildest Moves🏆🏆 Emmy Award (twice)
NFL Prime Vision on Amazon, NFL RomoVision on CBS💻 All [30] NBA Teams
Rely on Second Spectrum's data analytics and video platform🏀 Official Basketball Partnerships
National Basketball Association (NBA), WNBA, NCAA March Madness⚽️ Official Soccer Partnerships
English Premier League (EPL), Major League Soccer (MLS), UEFA

📚 100 Publications
Artificial Intelligence, Control Theory, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Multi-Agent Systems🏆 Distinguished Alumni Award
University of Illinois Electrical & Computer Engineering Department🏆 Use-Inspired Research Award
USC Viterbi School of Engineering🏆🏆 Best Research Paper (twice)
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference🏆🏆 Best Demonstration Award (twice)
International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems

🎓 Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign🎓 M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign🎓 B.S. Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison

❤️ Grateful son, brother, husband, father, nephew, cousin, uncle and friend