Ulrich Schaechtle
Head Of Data Science
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolUlrich Schaechtle is Head of Data Science with 11 years’ experience building probabilistic and generative ML systems, currently leading data science at a stealth AI startup in New York. He transitioned academic breakthroughs into product as co-founder and research lead on the InferenceQL/GenSQL project, helping commercialize six years of MIT research into a core startup product. His background includes hands-on development of JAX-based probabilistic programming and a stint leading a state-of-the-art generative foundation model at an MIT-affiliated lab, evidencing strength across research and production. A PhD in Machine Learning and prior roles as MIT research scientist and postdoc underscore his ability to bridge rigorous research with pragmatic engineering. He’s known for probabilistic programming leadership (Probabilistic Programming Lead @InferenceQL) and for turning complex, sparsely overlapping tabular and database datasets into high-performing models.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Machine Learning at Royal Holloway, University of LondonMSc, Computing (Artificial Intelligence), MSc, Computing (Artificial Intelligence) at Imperial College LondonBSc, Applied Cognitive and Media Science, BSc, Applied Cognitive and Media Science at University of Duisburg-Essen
Github Skills (48)
database-table10
databases10
generative10
bayesian10
querying10
meta9
probabilistic-programming9
sqlite9
probabilistic9
sql9
bayesian-inference9
database9
backend9
serve9
modeling8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Schaechtle/VentIPyN
May 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:344 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
OpenGen/GenSQL.gpm.sppl
May 2022 - Apr 2024
Contributions:7 reviews, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years
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