Mike Schäkermann
Staff Research Scientist at Google
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Schäkermann is a Staff Research Scientist with a Ph.D. in Computer Science who builds at the intersection of human-computer interaction, machine learning, and medicine, bringing 11 years of research and industry experience across Google and AWS. He progressed through multiple research roles at Google into senior staff positions, applying applied ML to HCI problems and medical contexts informed by earlier medical and brain imaging research. Equally comfortable in academia and product-driven teams, he has a track record of turning deep research into deployable solutions and mentoring cross-functional collaborators. He co-founded a tech startup early in his career, underscoring a bias for practical impact and product thinking alongside rigorous experimentation. Based in Old Toronto, Mike blends clinical insight from medical training with computational rigor to tackle human-centered ML problems at scale.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Media Informatics, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Media Informatics at Fachhochschule Salzburg - University of Applied SciencesState Examination I, Medicine, State Examination I, Medicine at Philipps-Universität MarburgDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of Waterloo
German, English, French, Italian, Japanese
Github Skills (56)
python9
statistics9
svg9
data-analysis8
queue8
canvas8
task-manager8
3d8
varnish8
virtual-reality8
machine-learning8
javascript8
threejs8
webgl8
data-science8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CrowdCurio/time-series-annotator
Dec 2017 - Nov 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 19 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
mikeschaekermann/mikeschaekermann.github.io
Mar 2015 - Jan 2024
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 11 months
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