Hod Lipson

Hod Lipson is a professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University in New York, and a co-author of the award winning book “Fabricated: The New World of 3D printing”, and “Driverless: Intelligent cars and the road ahead”. Before joining Columbia University in 2015, Hod spent 14 years as a professor at Cornell University. He received his PhD in 1999 from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, followed by a postdoc at Brandeis University and MIT.

Hod Lipson’s work on self-aware and self-replicating robots challenges conventional views, and has enjoyed widespread media coverage. Lipson has co-authored over 300 publications that received over 27,000 citations to date. He has founded four companies, and is a frequent keynoter both in industry and academic events. His TED Talk on self-aware machines is one of the most viewed presentations on AI and robotics. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative.

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Speaking Topics:

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Artificial intelligence is not just a future possibility, it is here now, and in use all around us. This talk covers what AI is, current research results in AI, AI applications and businesses, future directions of the technology, and its business, technical, and ethical implications.

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Publications

• Robotic muscle and sensitive polymer fingers in Columbia University’s robotics labs
• Driverless (MIT Press): Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead (The MIT Press)
• Fabricated: The New World of 3D Printing
• Digital Wood: 3D Internal Color Texture Mapping

Links

• The Essential Interview: Hod Lipson on Robot Creativity