Vaclav Petricek, Ph.D.

Sr. Matching Researcher

As a senior matching researcher Dr. Petricek is responsible for developing matching algorithms and predictive models at eHarmony. He brings expertise in collaborative filtering, neural networks, predictive analytics and other machine learning areas as well as expertise in distributed systems. From vast amounts of historical data he creates statistical models predicting which users are most likely to be interested in each other when introduced.

Prior to working at eHarmony Dr. Petricek was a Research Fellow at Computer Science Department of University College London. There he tackled a wide range of problems spanning social networks, recommender systems, website link structure, and online auctions.

Dr. Petricek holds a Doctorate in Computer Science and a Masters degree in Distributed systems from Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.