Sven Mika

Sven Mika is a Tech Lead Manager for Reinforcement Learning at Anyscale since December 2019, overseeing a team of engineers on the Ray RLlib open-source library, widely adopted by major companies for production projects. Previously, Sven served as a Machine Learning Engineer, leading developments in RLlib utilized by industry giants like Microsoft and Amazon. Prior experience includes acting CEO at ducandu GmbH, focusing on trading software for top banks, and a Senior Quantitative Software Developer Team Lead at BGC Partners. Sven's academic background includes a PhD in Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology from Columbia University, where research involved machine learning and natural language processing, alongside early software development experience at GTA GmbH.