David Stavens
David Stavens | |
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| Born | 1982 (age 42–43) |
| Citizenship | US |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Self-driving cars, robotics, computer science |
| Institutions | Udacity (co-founder), Stanford Self-Driving Car Team (co-founder), Nines (co-founder) |
| Thesis | Learning to Drive: Perception for Autonomous Cars (2011) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sebastian Thrun |
| Other academic advisors | Andrew Ng, Fei-Fei Li |
David Stavens is an American entrepreneur and scientist. He has made significant contributions to the field of AI, co-founding the team that developed Stanley, the self-driving car that led to Google's Waymo, as well as Udacity, an online education platform for technology and AI that has educated millions globally. He also co-founded Nines, a company that built AI-enabled, FDA-approved medical devices. Stavens has published in the fields of robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, and has contributed to starting companies with an aggregate market value of over $30 billion.