Daniel Russell, B.S. ’77

Daniel Russell is Google’s Uber Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness in Mountain View. He earned his B.S. in information & computer science at UCI and his Ph.D. in computer science, specializing in artificial intelligence, from the University of Rochester (NY). His day job is understanding how people search for information, and the ways they come to learn about the world through Google. His 20% job is teaching the world to search more effectively. In this vein, his MOOC, PowerSearchingWithGoogle.com, is currently hosting 3,000 learners per week in the course. At this rate, by the end of 2015, students taking the online course will have engaged in over 200 years of learning. Russel enjoys teaching, learning, running and music, preferably all in one day.