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Sebastian Thrun

German-American entrepreneur · Germany · On the map · Academics · Born 1967 · age 59

Sebastian Thrun is a German-American entrepreneur, educator, and computer scientist. He was chief executive officer of Kitty Hawk Corporation, and is chairman and co-founder of Udacity.

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A life in dates

2015The James Smithson Bicentennial MedalAward2011Max Planck Research AwardAward2007Braunschweiger ForschungspreisAward2006AAAI FellowAward1967Born14 May 1967

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The James Smithson Bicentennial Medal2015
Max Planck Research Award2011
Braunschweiger Forschungspreis2007
AAAI Fellow2006

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Before that, he was a Google vice president and Fellow, a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, and before that at Carnegie Mellon University. At Google, he co-founded Google X along with Yoky Matsuoka and Anthony Levandowski and Google's self-driving car team with Anthony Levandowski. He is also an adjunct professor at Stanford University and at Georgia Tech.

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Born 1967 · age 59

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