Haukur

Sigurður Haukur Birgisson

Haukur, Icelandic for hawk. My journey began in primary school when everyone received a micro-bit - a tiny programmable computer. While my classmates saw it as just another gadget, a simple "Hello world!" program changed everything for me. I started collecting the "unwanted" micro-bits from peers, experimenting endlessly at home to make them communicate and perform what seemed like magic to my young mind.

What started as micro-bit experiments evolved into a passion for AI and language technology, particularly for Icelandic. Currently studying AI at University of Groningen, I've worked on OCR systems at Miðeind and compete internationally in cybersecurity as part of Iceland's national team. From those first micro-bits to training neural networks, the thread has always been the same: making the impossible seem routine, one algorithm at a time.