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Sidespin Group was founded by Dr. Istvan Jonyer, a scientist, engineer, serial entrepreneur, and investor. Dr. Jonyer has extensive software engineering, research, and management experience in various areas of computer science with leading technology companies. At Google, he was responsible for launching Google TV (later Chromecast) devices with OEMs and SoC vendors like Sony, Samsung, LG, Sharp, Vizio, Logitech, Intel, Marvell, and MediaTek. Earlier, he designed 3G mobile communication systems for Nortel Networks. Dr. Jonyer was also an assistant professor of computer science at OSU, with an NSF-funded machine learning research program. Dr. Jonyer has been a venture capitalist with four funds covering frontier technologies like machine learning, autonomous vehicles, AR/VR, and streaming media delivery.
Dr. Istvan Jonyer, CEO
Dr. Jonyer holds a Ph.D. in machine learning from The University of Texas at Arlington, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. He has served as an expert witness in software-related litigation, such as patent disputes, invalidity, trade secret misappropriation, contributory copyright infringement, and breach-of-contract matters, among others.
Expert Witness Services
Sample litigation types we have supported in the past
Patent Infringement
Supporting cases in patent infringement, IPR, trade secret misappropriation in State and Federal counts, as well as with with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
Trade Secret Misappropriation
We have supported trade secret misappropriation in cases involving software-related trade secrets in machine learning and other areas of expertise
Breach of Contract
We have applied our professional expertise in the software industry and established development practices to provide opinions on disputes concerning software development projects
Areas of Expertise
Among others, our team of experts has supported cases in the following expertise areas
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks, Deep Learning, LLMs, Object Recognition, Genetic Programming, Evolutionary Optimization, Graph-based learning, Network analysis, Clustering, Supervised and Unsupervised learning, Planning algorithms, Expert Systems, etc.
Telecommunications
Networking, Routing and Switching, Protocols (TCP/IP, L2TP, Open RP, telnet, SMTP), Voice over IP (VoIP), Network management, WiFi, Standards, Mobile Wireless (3G, 4G), Ethernet, Messaging (SMS, MMS, RCS), Network security, etc.
Smartphones & Smart TV
iOS, Android, Tizen, Google TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Smartphone, smart TV, smartwatches, connected home devices. Car infotainment systems. Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial IoT, etc.
Internet and Web
Technologies including HTML, JavaScript, along with frameworks like React and Angular. Backend technologies such as NodeJS, Java, and Servlets. Server management with Apache and Tomcat. Scripting languages like PHP, Ruby, and Python. Architectural concepts such as Three-Tier and Client-Server Architecture, etc.
Database Technologies
Relational Databases (SQL), NoSQL Databases. Postgres, MySQL, RDS, Oracle, MondgoDB. Key-value store, Memcached, Redis, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch. Mapreduce, Hadoop, etc.
Camera and Imaging
Imaging systems for hand-held, helmet-mounted, vehicular, satellite, and UAV use. Fixed platform and mobile surveillance applications, high-performance embedded image-processing systems. Retina-like processing algorithms, high resolution, wide dynamic range, etc.
Source Code Review
Inventory, Source Code Versioning Systems (Git, SVN, Mercurial, etc.), Code analysis, UML diagrams, translating to plain English. Python, PHP, C/C++, Java, Swift, Ruby, Rails, NodeJS, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, etc. Wide IDE support, OS support, and analysis software support (Understand, BeyondCompare, PowerGrep, …), etc.
Cloud Computing
Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud. Microservices, Containers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Kubernetes. Rest, SOAP, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS. Web Apps, Web application firewall (WAF). DNS, etc.
Cybersecurity
Authentication, Authorization, Accounting. Encryption, RSA. Access control, permissions, security vulnerability, security exploits. Security auditing. Open Source Software Security (OSS Security). Network security. Cloud security. Reverse proxy, Firewall, etc.
Clients
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