Before joining Mount Royal University as a part-time instructor, Orestes was fortunate to gain broad experience working in many capacities in the industrial sector. The positions that Orestes’ held were multifaceted, from building code for the creation of reservoir simulation software, to regional manager of various multi-national technology corporations. Among those roles, Orestes’ favourites were his engagements as Software Development Manager and Research Lead for Artificial Intelligence.

Orestes brings experience as a lecturer, as he has previously taught subjects such as Artificial Intelligence, Deductive & Object-Oriented Databases, Functional & Logic Programming, Interpreters & Compilers and Discrete Mathematics (including Automata Theory). He has enjoyed applying intelligent software to real-life problems, and he is now happy to share those experiences with employees, faculty and students alike. Orestes’ current research tries to understand basic principles of intelligence and learning, the challenges of understanding natural languages and the application of functional and logic programming techniques to the field of AI. Orestes currently works for IBM Canada.