Carlos A. Escobar

Carlos is a Research Assistant at Harvard. He worked at Amazon as a Research Scientist in the Last Mile Delivery Technology Team, where he developed and applied algorithms to speed up customer delivery times and provide new innovations to customers. Before joining Amazon, Carlos worked for General Motors (GM) for seven years as a Senior Researcher at the Manufacturing Systems Research Lab. He conducted research in Industry 4.0 and Quality 4.0; applied and developed algorithms to drive manufacturing innovation.

Carlos is the author of the book “Machine Learning in Manufacturing: Quality 4.0 and the Zero Defects Vision” and founded the Quality 4.0 Institute, where he trains engineers in the application of artificial intelligence for manufacturing innovation. His research work interest lies within the 99% percentile as compared with the cohort of researchers registered in the ResearchGate platform and it has been recognized as one of the most innovative and high impact research topics by the TecReview magazine. He was ranked in the top 3% in TEXATA, the Big Data Analytics World Championships.

Carlos was recognized as the SHPE Star of Today by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). This award honors an engineer/scientist who has demonstrated outstanding technical excellence resulting in significant accomplishments. It also recognizes dedication, commitment, and selfless efforts to advance Hispanics in STEM careers.