Vincent Vanhoucke

I am interested in making intelligent computer systems that are usable by everyone. My work is about taking complex, error-prone but high value-add technologies and turning them into predictable and reliable tools that every user can appreciate and understand.

I am currently the technical lead on the GOOG-411 directory assistance project from Google.

I previously worked for Like.com, a visual search engine for online shopping. The company is also behind Riya, a photo hosting site using image recognition technologies to search for digital pictures.

Prior to Like.com, I was in the R&D group at Nuance, working on automatic speech recognition.

I completed a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, with Prof. Robert Gray and Dr. Ananth Sankar, focussing on improving the accuracy of automatic speech recognition systems.

I have published several papers on improving the performance, reliability and user interface of pattern recognition system. I am not looking for a job right now, but here is my resume nonetheless. (my LinkedIn profile, my Facebook profile)

I grew up in France, near Paris, where my family and my brother still live.