Alexander Tessier is a founding member of the Complex Systems group whose mission is to embrace and explore the complexities of organic and built systems and the effects, impacts and interactions of humans with these systems. Through advanced modeling, simulation and data-driven approaches, the group uses machine learning, visualization and analysis to advance the state of the art in design tools and multi-scale simulation. Alex’s recent areas of interest lie in the domain of IoT, sensor networks, computer vision and Big-Data for IoT. He leads the team of researchers and developers working in those domains.