“SIGGRAPH 2024 Keynote Speaker: AI and the Next Computing Platforms With Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg”
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- SIGGRAPH 2024 Keynote Speaker: AI and the Next Computing Platforms With Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg
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NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang and Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will discuss how fundamental research is enabling AI breakthroughs, and how generative AI and open source will empower developers and creators. They?ll also discuss the role of generative AI in building virtual worlds, and virtual worlds for building the next wave of AI and robots.
Jensen Huang founded NVIDIA in 1993 and has served since its inception as president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors. Huang has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering and is a recipient of the Semiconductor Industry Association?s highest honor, the Robert N. Noyce Award; IEEE Founder?s Medal; the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award; and honorary doctorate degrees from National Chiao Tung University, National Taiwan University, and Oregon State University. He has been named the world?s best CEO by The Economist and Harvard Business Review, as well as Fortune?s Businessperson of the Year and one of TIME magazine?s 100 most influential people. He holds a BSEE degree from Oregon State University and an MSEE degree from Stanford.
Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and CEO of Meta where he is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. He leads the design of Meta?s services and development of its core technology and infrastructure. Meta is working on building AGI and making it accessible and useful for everyone in the world, including by open sourcing its Llama models. Mark also co-founded the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is leveraging AI to learn more about the behavior of our cells.
