Henrique Schechter Vera

Hi! My name is Henrique. I’m a senior research engineer at Google DeepMind working on representation learning, computer vision, and language understanding.

Previously, I worked on neural models for query understanding in 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).