Sebastian Thrun

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computer scientist entrepreneur person roboticist

Sebastian Thrun is a German-American computer scientist, roboticist, and entrepreneur best known for pioneering work in self-driving cars, founding Google X and Udacity, and advancing artificial intelligence and online education.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer scientist → entrepreneur → person → roboticist →
academicDegree	PhD in computer science →
awardReceived	Inaugural AAAI Ed Feigenbaum Prize → Max-Planck Research Award → National Academy of Engineering membership → Turing Award finalist (not recipient) →
citizenship	Germany → United States of America →
coAuthor	Dieter Fox → Wolfram Burgard →
countryOfBirth	Germany →
dateOfBirth	1967-05-14 →
educatedAt	University of Bonn → University of Hildesheim →
employer	Google → Stanford University → Udacity →
familyName	Thrun →
fieldOfWork	artificial intelligence → autonomous vehicles → machine learning → online education → robotics →
givenName	Sebastian →
knownFor	autonomous vehicle research → founding Google X → founding Udacity → massive open online courses → probabilistic robotics → self-driving cars →
led	Stanley self-driving car team at Stanford →
memberOf	Academy of Sciences Leopoldina → National Academy of Engineering →
name	Sebastian Thrun →
nationality	German-American →
notableAchievement	led Stanford team that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge →
notableWork	Google self-driving car project → Udacity online courses → book "Probabilistic Robotics" →
participatedIn	DARPA Grand Challenge →
placeOfBirth	Solingen →
positionHeld	CEO of Udacity → co-founder of Udacity → founder of Google X → professor of computer science at Stanford University → research professor at Stanford University → vice president at Google →
residence	California →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory → Stanford Racing Team →	notableMember
Google X →	associatedWith
Udacity →	foundedBy
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University →	hasAlumnus
Sebastian Thrun →	name
DARPA Grand Challenge →	notablePerson
Stanley →	teamLeader