Steve Schmidt
(he/him)
Part-Time Lecturer
Research interests
- Artificial intelligence
- Games
- Human–computer interaction
- Machine learning
- Reinforcement Learning
Education
- MS in Computer Science, University of Chicago
- MS in Theoretical Mathematics, DePaul University
Biography
Steve Schmidt is an adjunct professor in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, based in Boston.
Schmidt has taught machine learning and neural networks at Khoury College since 2023. He enjoys equipping his students to navigate the ever-changing landscape of mathematical and technological advances, shifting professional entities, and evolving problem and solution spaces. In his research, Schmidt is fascinated by reinforcement learning and feedback loops, and by the ways mathematical frameworks can structure sometimes subjective concepts, such as what “good” is.
Outside of his work at Khoury College, Schmidt leads a machine learning research and development team at Boston Dynamics. He previously served as director of machine learning at Nike and a research scientist at Wayfair, BAE Systems, and Raytheon. His teams have explored state-of-the-art models powering personalization and search, unmanned autonomous vehicles, cyber systems, and humanoid perception and safe behavior. His work has won numerous awards, including an INFORMS Franz Edelman Prize in 2018.
