Fiscal Year

2021

Case Number

A-20288-10288

Case Status

Certified

Received Date

2020-11-30

Decision Date

2021-05-20

Refile

N

Original File Date

2021-01-01 09:25:55

Previous SWA Case Number State

Schedule A Sheepherder

N

Employer Name

AFFECTIVA

Employer Name Slug

affectiva

Employer Address 1

53 STATE ST. FLOOR 37

Employer Address 2

Employer City

BOSTON

Employer City Slug

boston

Employer State

MASSACHUSETTS MA

Employer State Slug

massachusetts-ma

Employer Country

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Employer Postal Code

2109

Employer Phone

7819963037

Employer Number of Employees

31

Employer Year Commenced Business

2009

NAICS Code

541519

FW Ownership Interest

N

Employer Contact Name

Sarah Ward

Employer Contact Address 1

53 State St. Floor 37

Employer Contact Address 2

Employer Contact City

Boston

Employer Contact State/Province

MASSACHUSETTS MA

Employer Contact Country

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Employer Contact Postal Code

2109

Employer Contact Phone

7819963037

Employer Contact Email

Sarah.ward@affectiva.com

Agent Attorney Name

John F Quill

Agent Attorney Firm Name

Mintz

Agent Attorney Phone

6173484401

Agent Attorney Address 1

1 FINANCIAL CTR

Agent Attorney Address 2

Agent Attorney City

BOSTON

Agent Attorney State/Province

MASSACHUSETTS

Agent Attorney Country

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Agent Attorney Postal Code

02111-2621

Agent Attorney Email

jfquill@mintz.com

PW Track Number

P10020029284766

PW SOC Code

15-1111

PW SOC Title

Computer and Information Research Scientists

PW Skill Level

Level II

PW Wage

96928.00

PW Unit of Pay

Year

PW Wage Source

OES

PW Determination Date

2020-04-22

PW Expiration Date

2020-07-21

Wage Offer From

110000.00

Wage Offer To

150000.00

Average Salary

130000.00

Wage Unit of Pay

Year

Worksite Address 1

Affectiva, Inc.

Worksite Address 2

53 State Street, Floor 37

Worksite City

Boston

Worksite City Slug

boston

Worksite State

MASSACHUSETTS

Worksite Postal Code

2109

Job Title

Senior Deep Learning Scientist

Job Title Slug

senior-deep-learning-scientist

Minimum Education

Master's

Major Field of Study

Computer science or Electrical Engineering

Required Training

N

Required Experience

N

Required Experience Months

Accept Alternative Field of Study

N

Accept Alternative Major Field of Study

Accept Alternative Combination

N

Accept Alternative Combination Education

Accept Alternative Combination Education Years

Accept Foreign Education

Y

Accept Alternative Occupation

Y

Accept Alternative Occupation Months

24

Accept Alternative Job Title

academic or professional experience as a researcher using deep learning techniques see H14

Job Opportunity Requirements Normal

Y

Foreign Language Required

N

Specific Skills

All Requirementsbr br Masters degree or foreign equivalent in computer science or electrical engineering with specialization or thesis research involving artificial intelligence, neural networks, deep learning or computer vision and two years of academic or professional experience as a researcher using deep learning techniques CNN, RNNLSTM, GAN on multimodal vision, speech tasks audio and video classification, action recognition. Experience may be obtained before, during or after masters degree. All experience and skills may be gained concurrently and can be either academic or professional experience. Experience must also include 2 years of experience performing research to build models to predict emotions, cognitive states or human behaviors from one or more of the modalities face, voice, gesture and physiology; 2 years of experience working with deep learning frameworks e.g. Keras, TensorFlow, Theano, Caffe including implementing custom layers and loss functions; 2 years of experience using PythonC; 1 year of experience developing data collection and annotation protocols; 1 year of experience with data analysis using Numpy, Scipy, Pandas; 1 year of experience using Linux Operating System; 1 year of experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases such as MySQL, Presto; and 1 year of experience with machine learning frameworks in the cloud using Docker and Amazon Web Services EC2, S3, EMR.

Combination Occupation

N

Offered to Applicant Foreign Worker

Y

Foreign Worker Live on Premises

N

Foreign Worker Live in Domestic Service

N

Foreign Worker Live in Domestic Service Count

Professional Occupation

Y

Application for College/University Teacher

N

SWA Job Order Start Date

2020-07-15

SWA Job Order End Date

2020-08-17

Sunday Edition Newspaper

Y

First Newspaper Name

Boston Sunday Globe

First Advertisement Start Date

2020-08-02

Second Newspaper Ad Name

Boston Sunday Globe

Second Advertisement Type

Newspaper

Second Ad Start Date

2020-08-09

Employer Website From Date

2020-07-16

Employer Website To Date

2020-08-17

Professional Organization Ad From Date

2021-01-01 09:25:55

Professional Organization Advertisement To Date

2021-01-01 09:25:55

Job Search Website From Date

2020-08-05

Job Search Website To Date

2020-08-20

Employee Referral Program From Date

2021-01-01 09:25:55

Employee Referral Program To Date

2021-01-01 09:25:55

Local Ethnic Paper From Date

2020-08-05

Local Ethnic Paper To Date

2020-08-05

Radio/TV Ad From Date

2021-01-01 09:25:55

Radio/TV Ad To Date

2021-01-01 09:25:55

Employer Received Payment

N

Posted Notice at Worksite

Y

Layoff in Past Six Months

N

Country of Citizenship

NEPAL

Foreign Worker Birth Country

NEPAL

Class of Admission

F-1

Foreign Worker Education

Doctorate

Foreign Worker Information: Major

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Foreign Worker Years of Education Completed

2018

Foreign Worker Institution of Education

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Foreign Worker Education Institution Address 1

888 COMMONWEALTH AVENUE

Foreign Worker Education Institution Address 2

Foreign Worker Education Institution City

BOSTON

Foreign Worker Education Institution State/Province

MA

Foreign Worker Education Institution Country

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Foreign Worker Education Institution Postal Code

2215

Foreign Worker Experience with Employer

N

Foreign Worker Employer Pays for Education

N

Foreign Worker Currently Employed

Y

Employer Completed Application

N

Preparer Name

John F Quill

Preparer Title

Outside Immigration Counsel

Preparer Email

jfquill@mintz.com

Employer Information Declaration Name

Sarah Ward

Employer Information Declaration Title

Director of Operations