Rodrigo Schmidt Facebook, USA

Biography

Dr. Rodrigo Schmidt is originally from Brazil, where he obtained his BSE and MS degrees in Computer Science (from FURG and Unicamp, respectively). In 2003 he moved to Switzerland to start his PhD at EPFL. His thesis focused on efficient algorithms for database replication and models to prove their correctness. Rodrigo joined Facebook after his PhD graduation, in 2008, and has been extremely happy there. Prior to Facebook, during his academic career, he held part-time positions in a number of small companies and universities in Brazil, did an internship at HP Labs in Bristol, England, and had a quick start-up venture of his own.