Specialties: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Search Ranking Languages: C/C++, Python, Java, Perl, Lisp, HTML, LaTeX

Software Engineer @ Working on the development of a new search system, including measurement, testing, and automation for several services. From April 2015 to Present (9 months) Principal Software Engineer @ Worked to improve the quality of online map search, primarily focusing on the machine learning pipeline from training data management through model measurement. Worked on an on-device search engine for mobile phones, including logging and data analysis. From September 2011 to April 2015 (3 years 8 months) Intern @ From June 2011 to August 2011 (3 months) Doctoral Candidate @ Doctoral student researcher in artificial intelligence for video games. I am building a configurable any-time agent engine. From August 2008 to June 2011 (2 years 11 months) Intern @ Research intern in Decision Management From June 2010 to August 2010 (3 months) PhD Student Intern @ Student intern in cognitive robotics. Worked with ACT-RE cognitive architecture and various computer vision packages. From June 2008 to August 2008 (3 months) Doctoral Research Assistant @ I worked on using Bayesian Networks to understand human social interactions in the form of simple games. Also built a framework for building mobile robot software. From June 2005 to May 2008 (3 years)

PhD, Computer Science @ University of North Carolina at Charlotte From 2008 to 2011 MS, Computer Science @ Washington University in St. Louis From 2005 to 2008 BA, Computer Science and Political Science @ Swarthmore College From 2001 to 2005 Woodberry Forest School From 1997 to 2001 Fritz Heckel is skilled in: Python, Java, Perl, Artificial Intelligence, C++, LaTeX, C#, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Lisp, Computer Vision