Visit Frontiers in Science - starring Dr. Richard Socher
Twice a year, internationally renowned guests are invited to share the latest findings from their research on topics of societal relevance.
- April 29, 2024: Artificial Intelligence with Dr. Richard Socher.
- On site in TU Dresden’s Schönfeld Auditorium and streamed live online.
The Dresden-born Dr. Richard Socher is one of the few AI pioneers from Germany in Silicon Valley, tech entrepreneur (you.com), and internationally great demanded expert on AI applications. At TU Dresden he shares his insights.
"The Eureka Machine - How AI Will Accelerate Scientific Discovery"
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Schönfeld Lecture Hall, Barkhausen Building
Georg-Schumann-Straße 13
The presentation and Q&A will be in English.
Who or what has been a major influence on your path to your current field?
That would be my desire for impact, interest in math and languages. My PhD advisors shaped the focus, as well.
Where and how do you push scientific boundaries in your research?
By thinking about what would make the biggest impact if it worked.
What impact would you like your discipline to have on society in 20 years' time?
Automate all boring tasks for people so we can push the boundaries of knowledge, science, creativity and the human condition.
Richard Socher is the founder and CEO of You.com. Richard previously served as the Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce. Before that, Richard was the CEO/CTO of AI startup MetaMind, acquired by Salesforce in 2016. Richard received his Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford. He is widely recognized as having brought neural networks into the field of natural language processing, inventing the most widely used word vectors, contextual vectors and prompt engineering. He has over 170,000 citations and served as an adjunct professor in the computer science department at Stanford. Outside of work, Richard enjoys paramotor adventures and photography.
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