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
2013-2023
Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science
University of Southern Californiaโ€™s Viterbi School of Engineering
2004-2013
Currently tinkering at something new...


๐Ÿ“บ TED Talk
โ†’ The Math Behind Basketballโ€™s Wildest Moves
๐Ÿ† Emmy Award (twice)
NFL Prime Vision on Amazon, NFL RomoVision on CBS
๐Ÿ’ป All [30] NBA Teams
Rely on Second Spectrum's data analytics and video platform
๐Ÿ€ Official Partnerships [Basketball Leagues]
National Basketball Association (NBA), WNBA, NCAA March Madness
โšฝ๏ธ Official Partnerships [Soccer Leagues]
English Premier League (EPL), Major League Soccer (MLS), UEFA


๐Ÿ“š 100 Publications
Artificial Intelligence, Control Theory, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Multi-Agent Systems
๐Ÿ† Distinguished Alumni Award
University of Illinois Electrical & Computer Engineering Department
๐Ÿ† Use-Inspired Research Award
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
๐Ÿ† Best Research Paper (twice)
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
๐Ÿ† Best Demonstration Award (twice)
International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems


๐ŸŽ“ Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
๐ŸŽ“ M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
๐ŸŽ“ B.S. Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison


โค๏ธ Grateful son, brother, husband, father, nephew, cousin, uncle and friend