Sebastian Thrun
Sebastian Thrun is a computer scientist, former Stanford professor, and co-founder of Udacity.
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- co-founder of Udacity, Stanford professor, AI researcher
In fall 2011 he and Peter Norvig offered a free online version of Stanford’s Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course that enrolled more than 160,000 participants. The response led Thrun to leave Stanford and found Udacity in early 2012.
In fall 2011 he and Peter Norvig offered a free online version of Stanford’s Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course that enrolled more than 160,000 participants. The response led Thrun to leave Stanford and found Udacity in early 2012.
Thrun had previously worked on autonomous vehicles at Stanford and Google. The 2011 AI course is widely regarded as the catalyst for the high-profile “xMOOC” wave. Udacity initially offered free computer-science courses and later shifted toward paid nanodegrees and industry partnerships. Thrun has been a prominent public critic of traditional higher-education structures and an advocate for skills-focused online credentials.
The 2011 Stanford AI course Thrun co-taught demonstrated massive unmet demand for free university-level content and directly spawned one of the three major early MOOC platforms.
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Sebastian Thrun (born May 14, 1967) is a German-American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and educator.
via en.wikipedia.orgSebastian Thrun pursues research on robotics, artificial intelligence, education, human computer interaction, and medical devices.
via robots.stanford.eduSebastian Thrun is CEO of Udacity, an online private educational organization.
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