Jeff Schneider

Professor, School of Computer Science, CMU

Dr. Jeff Schneider is a research professor in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science where his research is on machine learning for autonomous systems. He has over 20 years experience developing, publishing, and applying machine learning algorithms in government, science, and industry. He has hundreds of publications and routinely gives invited talks and tutorials on the subject. Jeff is also an entrepreneur. He was a founding member of Uber's Advanced Technologies Group and spent three years helping to build their self driving car program. Before that, he developed a machine learning based CNS drug discovery system and commercialized it during two years as Psychogenics' Chief Informatics Officer. Earlier, he was the co-founder and CEO of Schenley Park Research, a company dedicated to bringing machine learning to industry. Through his research, commercial, and consulting efforts, he has worked with dozens of companies and government agencies around the world.