| 词条 | Lars Rasmussen (software developer) |
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| name = Lars Rasmussen | image = Lars Rasmussen (26283079181) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Rasmussen in 2016 | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_place = | residence = London | citizenship = | nationality = Danish | fields = Computer science | workplaces = Google, Facebook | alma_mater = Aarhus University University of Edinburgh University of California, Berkeley | doctoral_advisor = Alistair Sinclair | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Google Maps, Google Wave | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Pearcey Award (2010) | signature = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen is a Danish-born[1] computer scientist and software developer. He is the co-founder and CTO of Weav Music Inc in New York City.[2] Lars holds a PhD in theoretical computer science from UC Berkeley,[3] and was most recently a director of engineering for Facebook in London.[4] In early 2003, Lars and his brother Jens co-founded a mapping-related startup, Where 2 Technologies, which was acquired by Google in October 2004. Lars became the lead engineer on the team that created Google Maps and worked out of Google's Sydney-based office until joining Facebook in late 2010. QualificationsIn 1990, Rasmussen graduated from the University of Aarhus with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics.[5] He gained his MSc in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Edinburgh in 1992.[6] Rasmussen began his PhD, working with Mark Jerrum and Alistair Sinclair in the Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science at Edinburgh, then moved, with Sinclair, to Berkeley, California, USA. He received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998, for his thesis "On Approximating the Permanent and Other #P-Complete Problems".[7] Where 2 Technologies and Google MapsIn 2003, Lars and his brother, Jens, with Australians Noel Gordon and Stephen Ma, co-founded Where 2 Technologies, a mapping-related start-up in Sydney, Australia. This company was bought by Google in October 2004, to create the popular, free, browser-based software, Google Maps.[8][9] The four of them were subsequently employed by Google in the engineering team at the company's Australian office in Sydney.[10] Lars and Jens are also the originators of the Google Wave project.[10] On 29 October 2010, Rasmussen announced that he had left Google, and was moving to San Francisco to work for Facebook.[4] At Facebook he was, among other things, the engineering director for the Facebook Graph Search project[11] which is a semantic search engine for the social network. In 2013 he and Tom Stocky were listed as number 79 in The 100 Biggest Stars In Silicon Valley by Business Insider.[12] Rasmussen had been working in the Facebook London office.[13] Music start-upOn 27 April 2015 Rasmussen announced his departure from Facebook to co-found a music start-up Weav Music Inc with his partner Elomida Visviki.[14] AwardsOn 19 October 2010, Lars and Jens Rasmussen were awarded the Pearcey Award for NSW ICT Entrepreneurs of the Year.[15] InvestmentsRasmussen has made personal investments in a number of technology startups including Canva, a simple-to-use online design tool; and Posse, a way to get recommendations on cafes, restaurants, bars and shops from people in your network. References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/look-out-outlook-googles-wave-is-coming-20090529-gdtk6e.html |title=Look out Outlook, Google's Wave is coming |date=29 May 2009 | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | first=Stephen | last=Hutcheon | accessdate=18 September 2018 }} {{Facebook navbox}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasmussen, Lars}}2. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2017/12/19/bedroom-bpm-meet-the-startup-syncing-music-to-running-skiing-and-yes-sex/#31a426141820 |title=Bedroom BPM: Meet The Startup Syncing Music To Running, Skiing And -- Yes -- Sex |date=2017-12-19 | work=Forbes}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/Dissertations/Years/1998.html|title=Berkeley PhD Dissertations 1998|year=1998}} 4. ^1 Hutcheon, Stephen: Why I quit Google to join Facebook: Lars Rasmussen, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 November 2010. 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/lars.e.rasmussen?v=info|title=Lars Rasmussen's Facebook page}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lfcs.inf.ed.ac.uk/reports/92/ECS-LFCS-92-201/ECS-LFCS-92-201.ps|title=LFCS report, Approximating the Permanent, Lars Rasmussen, LFCS, Edinburgh|date=1992-03-12}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/Dissertations/Years/1998.html|title=Berkeley PhD Dissertations 1998|year=1998}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.crunchbase.com/person/lars-rasmussen |title=CrunchBase Profile |publisher=CrunchBase |date=2009-09-17 |accessdate=2009-10-01}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fx4z0ZrSW0|title=Video: Lars Rasmussen on creating Google Maps}} 10. ^1 Sutter, John D.: The genius brothers behind Google Wave, CNN, 27 October 2009. 11. ^Sullivan, Danny: How The New Facebook Search Is Different & Unique From Google Search, Search Engine Land, 15 January 2013. 12. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.businessinsider.com/the-silicon-valley-100-2013-2#79-lars-rasmussen-and-tom-stocky-22 |title= The Silicon Valley 100 |publisher= Business Insider |date= 2013-02-12}} 13. ^Patangay, Girish: Girish Patangay answer on Quora, Quora, 8 December 2013 14. ^https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/27/rasmussen-facebook 15. ^Press Release – Jens and Lars Rasmussen Win 2010 NSW Entrepreneur Award and 9 Entrepreneurs Inducted into Hall of Fame, The Pearcey Foundation, 19 October 2010. 12 : Living people|Google employees|Facebook employees|Aarhus University alumni|University of California, Berkeley alumni|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|Danish computer scientists|Danish expatriates in the United States|Danish expatriates in the United Kingdom|Danish company founders|Danish expatriates in Australia|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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