Andreas Weigend
Andreas Sebastian Weigend (born 1961) is the former Chief Scientist of Amazon.com and the author of the book Data for the People (Basic Books, 2017). He is a member of Germany’s Digital Council "Digitalrat".
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| Born | 1961 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn Stanford University |
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| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Tsinghua UniversityCheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Fudan |
| Doctoral advisor | David Rumelhart |
He teaches the course "Social Data Revolution" on applications of predictive analytics and the impact of big data and artificial intelligence on individuals, business and society at the University of California at Berkeley and at Fudan in Shanghai. He has advised several startup companies and consulted for various others.
Weigend studied physics and philosophy at the University of Bonn and received a PhD in Physics from Stanford University in 1991.
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