Peter Norvig is the Engineering Director at Google, performing R&D to improve search technology. With a BS in Applied Math from Brown University and a PhD from University of California, Berkeley, Peter received a rarefied education. Today, he has written some of the best textbooks on AI that have been issued by over 1500 universities, in over 135 countries worldwide. Peter is now available to speak at a wide range of events on internet search, AI, natural language processing, machine learning, programming, and education.
The Education Fellow at Stanford Institute for Human-Centred AI, Peter is one of the leading programmers, designers, and managers in high tech R&D. An author too, he has written books like “AI: A Modern Approach”, “Paradigms of AI Programming” and “Verbmobil: Translation for Face-to-Face Dialog”. Peter conducts online courses on AI, accruing over 160,000 enrolments. In 2012, he released the TED Talk "The 100,000 student classroom" where he talked about what he learnt from his experience of teaching a global classroom. He has also been a Research Scientist and Visiting Lecturer at Stanford University previously.
Currently the Councillor of the Association for the Advancements of AI, Peter has led a distinguished career. He has been a Senior Research Scientist at Sun Microsystems, Chief Designer at Harlequin Software and Chief Scientist at Junglee. Most notably, Peter was the Division Chief of Computational Sciences and Head of Computational Sciences Division at NASA. In 1999, he won the NASA Software of the Year award as well.
Fellow of AAAI, ACM, California Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Science, Peter is highly revered in his field. His TEDx Talk "How I Learned to Let Go and Set Computers Free to Learn" talks about how AI and emerging technology can affect people's daily lives. He has established his position as a thought leader on all things AI related. Peter Norvig is now available to book as a speaker for several AI and technology related events, proving to be an excellent source of information. Book him today!
