Henrique Schechter Vera

Hi! My name is Henrique. I’m a machine learning engineer at Google currently working on natural language understanding (representation learning, information retrieval, question answering, and neural semantic parsing). We work on research, design, implementation, and deployment of the query understanding model for Google Search.

Previously, I worked on other neural models for Google Search, created voice queries for electric vehicles in Google Assistant, and shipped features as a product manager at Landed.

I graduated from Princeton University with a B.S.E. in Computer Science and minors in Applied Math, Optimization, and Statistics & Machine Learning. I conducted research in natural language processing (pruning, embeddings, song recommendation, cannabis strains) and theoretical CS (learning, auctions, tournaments). My senior thesis was advised by Matt Weinberg, and my junior independent work was advised by Christiane Fellbaum and Jéremie Lumbroso.

I am half Paraguayan and half Brazilian, and grew up in Asunción speaking four languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Guaraní, and English).