Tuomas Sandholm is the Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and a serial entrepreneur with a research focus on the intersection of artificial intelligence, economics, and operations research.
Sandholm has contributed to several domains including AI, game theory, and real-world applications like organ exchanges and electronic marketplaces.
[3][4][5] He has impacted practical applications by implementing algorithms for national kidney exchange and founded several companies, including CombineNet, Inc., and Strategy Robot, Inc., that have applied his research to sectors like advertising and defense.
In his early years, Sandholm was a pilot second lieutenant in the Finnish Air Force.
Additionally, he attained recognition in sports, securing the #1 ranking in windsurfing in Finland in 1987.