Raphael Hoffmann is a highly accomplished professional with extensive experience in natural language processing (NLP) and software engineering. Hoffmann served as a Research Assistant at the University of Washington from 2005 to 2012, contributing to advancements in distantly supervised NLP and mixed-initiative interfaces, garnering over 1000 citations for published research. As the Founder of Readr from 2013 to 2015, Hoffmann developed a tool for efficient entity and relation extraction. Subsequent roles included Co-Founder and Lead Engineer at Lattice, where Hoffmann led the development of a statistical inference engine, and various positions at Google, including Senior Staff Software Engineer and current Director of Engineering at Google DeepMind focusing on multipod language models. Additional experience encompasses stints as a Visiting Scientist at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Senior Data Scientist at Highspot, where a patented technology for content genomics was developed. Education credentials include a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington and a Diplom in Computer Science and Mathematics from Universität Passau.
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