About
Martin Schmid is CEO and co-founder of EquiLibre Technologies. He previously held the position of senior research scientist at DeepMind and research scientist at IBM Watson, where he co-authored DeepStack, a program that defeated professional no-limit poker players, and Player of Games, which demonstrated strong performance across perfect and imperfect information games. He currently serves as an advisor at Kontext.
Experience
- KontextAdvisorcurrent2025 — present
- EquiLibre TechnologiesCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentPrague, Czechia
- DeepMindSenior Research Scientist2020 — 2022Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- DeepMindResearch Scientist2017 — 2020Greater Edmonton Metropolitan Area
- IBMResearch Scientist2014 — 2017Prague, Czechia
- IBMSpeech Technologies Developer2012 — 2014
- University of AlbertaCPRG Researcher2016Greater Edmonton Metropolitan Area
- Emeldi GroupJunior .NET developer2008 — 2010
Education
- Charles UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Algorithmic Game Theory2013 — 2021
- University of AlbertaComputer Science2016 — 2017
- Charles UniversityMaster's degree, Optimization2011 — 2013
- Charles UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science2008 — 2011
Skills & more
Machine Learning3Game Theory1Optimization2Neural Networks2NLP3Software Engineering3TensorFlow1Torch1Python1C++3Theano2Linux1
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JavaMatlab.NETLanguages English
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Same school
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Also attended University of Alberta43
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kontext2
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Jeff RoseAdvisor at AI CapitalVishal MainiFounder & Managing Partner at Mythos Ventures Management, LlcChris WatkinsHead of Data & Analytics at Asymmetric Capital PartnersBeliz GunelExperts | Advisor at 212Steve CrossanVenture Partner at firstminute capitalRoy TimorPrincipal AI Engineering Manager at 25Madison
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