Blaise Aguera y Arcas

Blaise Aguera y Arcas (born 1975) [1] is a software engineer, software architect, and designer. He is an authority in computer vision, machine intelligence, and computational photography and presents regularly at conferences. [2] [3] [4] He Appears regularly at TED and his presentations port leg rated some or TEDs “most jaw-dropping.” [5]

At Google , he leads teams dat build products and technologies therein leverage machine intelligence, computer vision, and computational photography. He’ll be founded the Artists and Machine Intelligence program at Google, welke creates art by pairing machine intelligence engineers with artists. [6]

Prior to Google, he was a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft and was the architect of Bing Maps and Bing Mobile . [7]

Education and Early Career

As a teenager, Aguera y Arcas interned with the US Navy research center in Bethesda, Md., Where he reprogrammed the guidance software for aircraft carriers to verbeteren hun stability at sea, welke helped to-reducing seasickness onder sailors. [8]

Aguera y Arcas is a 1998 graduate of Princeton University where he RECEIVED a BA in physics.

In 2001, he and Paul Needham published hun findings therein the metal mold method or printing Attributed to Gutenberg was LIKELY invented by someone else, LIKELY two decades after Gutenberg printed his Bible. [9] [10] [11]

In 2004 for the Library of Congress have devised a numerical method to create color composite images of almost two thousand negatives in Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky . [12]

Seadragon, Sale to Microsoft, and Career at Microsoft

Aguera y Arcas founded Seadragon Software in 2003. Seadragon created web optimized visualization technology therein Allows graphics and photos to be smoothly browsed, Regardless hun size.

Seadragon was acquired by Microsoft Live Labs in 2006. [13] The technology was-used to developement Silverlight , Pivot , Photosynth and the standalone cross-platform Seadragon application for iPhone and iPad. Slate called Photosynth “the best thing to happen to digital photography since the digital camera.” [14]

He was the architect leading Bing Maps and Bing Mobile [7] and was named a Distinguished Engineer in 2011. He collaborated with Ricoh to make the Theta, a 360 ° camera Whose Captured content displayed in Photosynth. [15]

While at Microsoft, Aguera y Arcas ook dat suggested technological arnt be designed for women. He Cited a gap tussen de EXTENT to welke technology is designed for women and the market opportunity represents women, bepaald trends in graduation rates and earnings. [16]

Google

In 2013, Aguera y Arcas left Microsoft to become a leader or Google’s [1] machine intelligence policymaking, Along with programs in computer vision and computational photography. His departure from Microsoft for Google generated a press cycle, with articles Appearing in publications therein included the New York Times , Fast Company , International Business Times , and ValueWalk .

Hoewel de his work is confidential, he is zegt to be working on projects dat add deep learning to hardware devices, smartphones Most likely. [17]

He’ll be founded the Artists and Machine Intelligence program , welke fuses machine intelligence and art. The program’s first public exhibit was on February 26, 2016 at The Gray Area, [18] where Aguera y Arcas was the keynote speaker. On June 1, 2016, the program held the Mami (Music, Art, and Machine Intelligence) show. [19]

TED Talks

date title Views Comments
5/2007 How Photosynth Can Connect the World’s Images 4,610,000 one or Bill Gates’s favorite TED Talks
2/2010 Augmented Reality Maps 1,669,000 Live demo or live video in Bing Maps
5/2016 How Computers are Learning to be Creative 921000 How computers kan be-used to generate images; refers to Deep Dream

Press and Other Honors

In 2008, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. [20]

Fast Company has named Twice Blaise one of the “Most Creative People in Business” ( 2009 , 2015 ), where he was called “something or a celebrity in the tech world”.

Aguera y Arcas was the inspiration for the character Elgin in the 2012 best-selling novel Where’d You Go, Bernadette? [5]

He ghosts on KUOW about the future of machine intelligence in society. [21]

References

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Mick, Jason (January 17, 2013). “Top Microsoft Graphics Genius Defects to Google” . DailyTech . Blaise Aguera y Arcas, 38, … Born in Providence, RI in 1975
  2. Jump up^ ACM SIGCHI (2016-01-02) Uist 2015 Capstone Keynote Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Machine Intelligence and Human Intelligence , retrieved 2016-08-24
  3. Jump up^ Thinking Digital (2015-01-21), Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Google – Predictions on Gender Selection and Economics , retrieved 2016-08-24
  4. Jump up^ artwithMI (2016-06-27), Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Machine creativity and computational neuroscience , retrieved 2016-08-24
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b Arcas, Blaise Aguera y. “Blaise Aguera y Arcas | Speaker | TED.com” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  6. Jump up^ Arcas, Blaise Aguera y (2016-02-23). “Art in the Age of MacBlaise Aguera y Arcas (born 1975) [1] is a software engineer, software architect, and designer. He is an authority in computer vision, machine intelligence, and computational photography and presents regularly at conferences. [2] [3] [4] He Appears regularly at TED and his presentations port leg rated some or TEDs “most jaw-dropping.” [5]

    At Google , he leads teams dat build products and technologies therein leverage machine intelligence, computer vision, and computational photography. He’ll be founded the Artists and Machine Intelligence program at Google, welke creates art by pairing machine intelligence engineers with artists. [6]

    Prior to Google, he was a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft and was the architect of Bing Maps and Bing Mobile . [7]

    Education and Early Career

    As a teenager, Aguera y Arcas interned with the US Navy research center in Bethesda, Md., Where he reprogrammed the guidance software for aircraft carriers to verbeteren hun stability at sea, welke helped to-reducing seasickness onder sailors. [8]

    Aguera y Arcas is a 1998 graduate of Princeton University where he RECEIVED a BA in physics.

    In 2001, he and Paul Needham published hun findings therein the metal mold method or printing Attributed to Gutenberg was LIKELY invented by someone else, LIKELY two decades after Gutenberg printed his Bible. [9] [10] [11]

    In 2004 for the Library of Congress have devised a numerical method to create color composite images of almost two thousand negatives in Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky . [12]

    Seadragon, Sale to Microsoft, and Career at Microsoft

    Aguera y Arcas founded Seadragon Software in 2003. Seadragon created web optimized visualization technology therein Allows graphics and photos to be smoothly browsed, Regardless hun size.

    Seadragon was acquired by Microsoft Live Labs in 2006. [13] The technology was-used to developement Silverlight , Pivot , Photosynth and the standalone cross-platform Seadragon application for iPhone and iPad. Slate called Photosynth “the best thing to happen to digital photography since the digital camera.” [14]

    He was the architect leading Bing Maps and Bing Mobile [7] and was named a Distinguished Engineer in 2011. He collaborated with Ricoh to make the Theta, a 360 ° camera Whose Captured content displayed in Photosynth. [15]

    While at Microsoft, Aguera y Arcas ook dat suggested technological arnt be designed for women. He Cited a gap tussen de EXTENT to welke technology is designed for women and the market opportunity represents women, bepaald trends in graduation rates and earnings. [16]

    Google

    In 2013, Aguera y Arcas left Microsoft to become a leader or Google’s [1] machine intelligence policymaking, Along with programs in computer vision and computational photography. His departure from Microsoft for Google generated a press cycle, with articles Appearing in publications therein included the New York Times , Fast Company , International Business Times , and ValueWalk .

    Hoewel de his work is confidential, he is zegt to be working on projects dat add deep learning to hardware devices, smartphones Most likely. [17]

    He’ll be founded the Artists and Machine Intelligence program , welke fuses machine intelligence and art. The program’s first public exhibit was on February 26, 2016 at The Gray Area, [18] where Aguera y Arcas was the keynote speaker. On June 1, 2016, the program held the Mami (Music, Art, and Machine Intelligence) show. [19]

    TED Talks

    date title Views Comments
    5/2007 How Photosynth Can Connect the World’s Images 4,610,000 one or Bill Gates’s favorite TED Talks
    2/2010 Augmented Reality Maps 1,669,000 Live demo or live video in Bing Maps
    5/2016 How Computers are Learning to be Creative 921000 How computers kan be-used to generate images; refers to Deep Dream

    Press and Other Honors

    In 2008, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. [20]

    Fast Company has named Twice Blaise one of the “Most Creative People in Business” ( 2009 , 2015 ), where he was called “something or a celebrity in the tech world”.

    Aguera y Arcas was the inspiration for the character Elgin in the 2012 best-selling novel Where’d You Go, Bernadette? [5]

    He ghosts on KUOW about the future of machine intelligence in society. [21]

    References

    1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Mick, Jason (January 17, 2013). “Top Microsoft Graphics Genius Defects to Google” . DailyTech . Blaise Aguera y Arcas, 38, … Born in Providence, RI in 1975
    2. Jump up^ ACM SIGCHI (2016-01-02) Uist 2015 Capstone Keynote Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Machine Intelligence and Human Intelligence , retrieved 2016-08-24
    3. Jump up^ Thinking Digital (2015-01-21), Blaise Aguera y Arcas, Google – Predictions on Gender Selection and Economics , retrieved 2016-08-24
    4. Jump up^ artwithMI (2016-06-27), Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Machine creativity and computational neuroscience , retrieved 2016-08-24
    5. ^ Jump up to:a b Arcas, Blaise Aguera y. “Blaise Aguera y Arcas | Speaker | TED.com” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    6. Jump up^ Arcas, Blaise Aguera y (2016-02-23). “Art in the Age of Machine Intelligence” . Medium . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    7. ^ Jump up to:a b An Interview with Blaise Aguera y Arcas . April 29, 2010.
    8. Jump up^ Wingfield, Nick (2010-11-06). “Taking on Google on Learning From Ants” . Wall Street Journal . ISSN  0099-9660 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    9. Jump up^ Smith, Dinitia (2001-01-27). “Has History Been Too Generous to Gutenberg?” . The New York Times . ISSN  0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    10. Jump up^ “What Did Gutenberg Invent?” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    11. Jump up^ Christie, Alix (2014-12-04). “Was Gutenberg really the original tech disrupter?” . Financial Times . ISSN  0307-1766 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    12. Jump up^ “Prokudin-Gorskii Collection – Digitizing the Collection – Prints & Photographs Online Catalog” . Library of Congress.
    13. Jump up^ “The Seattle Times: Microsoft: Microsoft acquiring Seadragon Software” . old.seattletimes.com . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    14. Jump up^ Manjoo, Farhad (2009-01-27). “All I Wanna Do Is Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom” . Slate . ISSN  1091-2339 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    15. Jump up^ “Ricoh Theta Wi-Fi camera shoots 360-degree photos for $ 399 (hands-on)” . Engadget . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    16. Jump up^ “Every Tech Firm Should Be Trying To Please Women, Microsoft Researcher Says” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    17. Jump up^ “How Google Is Trying to Build a Smarter Smartphone” . Fortune . 2016-01-28 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    18. Jump up^ “Art and Machine Learning Symposium – Gray Area Art & Technology” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    19. Jump up^ McDowell, Kenric (2016-06-28). “Music, Art & Machine Intelligence 2016 Conference Proceedings” . Medium . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
    20. Jump up^ “2008 Young Innovators Under 35” . Technology Review . 2008 . Retrieved August 15, 2011 .
    21. Jump up^ O’Brien, John. “Peering Into The Future Of Artificial Intelligence” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .

    hine Intelligence” . Medium . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .

  7. ^ Jump up to:a b An Interview with Blaise Aguera y Arcas . April 29, 2010.
  8. Jump up^ Wingfield, Nick (2010-11-06). “Taking on Google on Learning From Ants” . Wall Street Journal . ISSN  0099-9660 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  9. Jump up^ Smith, Dinitia (2001-01-27). “Has History Been Too Generous to Gutenberg?” . The New York Times . ISSN  0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  10. Jump up^ “What Did Gutenberg Invent?” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  11. Jump up^ Christie, Alix (2014-12-04). “Was Gutenberg really the original tech disrupter?” . Financial Times . ISSN  0307-1766 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  12. Jump up^ “Prokudin-Gorskii Collection – Digitizing the Collection – Prints & Photographs Online Catalog” . Library of Congress.
  13. Jump up^ “The Seattle Times: Microsoft: Microsoft acquiring Seadragon Software” . old.seattletimes.com . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  14. Jump up^ Manjoo, Farhad (2009-01-27). “All I Wanna Do Is Zoom Zoom Zoom Zoom” . Slate . ISSN  1091-2339 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  15. Jump up^ “Ricoh Theta Wi-Fi camera shoots 360-degree photos for $ 399 (hands-on)” . Engadget . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  16. Jump up^ “Every Tech Firm Should Be Trying To Please Women, Microsoft Researcher Says” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  17. Jump up^ “How Google Is Trying to Build a Smarter Smartphone” . Fortune . 2016-01-28 . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  18. Jump up^ “Art and Machine Learning Symposium – Gray Area Art & Technology” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  19. Jump up^ McDowell, Kenric (2016-06-28). “Music, Art & Machine Intelligence 2016 Conference Proceedings” . Medium . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .
  20. Jump up^ “2008 Young Innovators Under 35” . Technology Review . 2008 . Retrieved August 15, 2011 .
  21. Jump up^ O’Brien, John. “Peering Into The Future Of Artificial Intelligence” . Retrieved 2016-08-24 .