David Hardtke

Current

• Founder and Developer at Stinky Teddy

Past

• Chief Scientist at Surf Canyon Incorporated
• Research Scientist at University of California
• Visitng Researcher at RHIC at Brookhaven National Laboratory

• Staff Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Grad Student Researcher at Ohio State
• Visiting Researcher at CERN

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Education

• The Ohio State University
• Duke University

Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

David Hardtke’s Experience

• Founder and Developer

  Stinky Teddy

  (Internet industry)

  May 2009 — Present (8 months)

  I am developing a new meta-search engine that utilizes the real-time web to improve the timeliness and pertinence of web, video, and image search. We also aim to create novel search interfaces that make searching easier.

• Chief Scientist

  Surf Canyon Incorporated

  (Internet industry)

  August 2007 — May 2009 (1 year 10 months)

  Surf Canyon developed implicit relevance feedback technology for web search. User clickstream and behavioral data are used to improve the search results page as the user searches. I developed the implicit feedback algorithm used for both organic search results and sponsored links. I also invented an intelligent query reformulation technology that drives traffic from Google's search page to Surf Canyon. This technology allows for the monetization of a browser extension.

• Research Scientist

  University of California

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  August 2003 — August 2007 (4 years 1 month)

  Neutrino Astrophyiscs Research using the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole Station

• Visitng Researcher at RHIC

  Brookhaven National Laboratory

  (Research industry)

  1997 — 2003 (6 years )

• Staff Scientist

  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  December 1997 — August 2003 (5 years 9 months)

  Experimental Nuclear Physics Research. Worked on Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR) experiment at Brookhaven National Lab.

• Grad Student Researcher

  Ohio State

  (Research industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years )

  Thesis work on NA44 experiment at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland)

• Visiting Researcher

  CERN

  (Research industry)

  1994 — 1997 (3 years )

David Hardtke’s Education

• The Ohio State University

  Ph.D. , Experimental Nuclear Physics , 1994 — 1997

• Duke University

  B.S. , Physics, Canadian Studies , 1990 — 1994

  Activities and Societies:

  Delta Kappa Epsilon

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• My Website
• My Company

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