Erik Schmidt

Erik Schmidt is a Senior Research Scientist at Netflix, specializing in machine learning and recommender systems for personalization. Previously, they served as a Senior Scientist and Staff Scientist at Pandora, where they led the design of hyper-personalized music recommendation systems and developed machine listening algorithms. Erik earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University, focusing on machine learning techniques for music emotion recognition. Their early career included roles as a Research Assistant and Engineering Intern, where they developed algorithms and conducted research in music informatics.