Dileep George

Indian scientist (born 1977)

Dileep George is an artificial intelligence and neuroscience researcher.2

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Born Aug 5, 1977.1

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Early life and education

  • 1994 to 1998Indian Institute of Technology Bombay bachelor's degree; electrical engineering3
  • 2008Stanford University Doctor of Philosophy3

Career

Occupation: neuroscientist.6

  • Date not recordedWorked at Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute4
  • Date not recordedFounded Numenta5

George received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2006 and was a visiting fellow at the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of California, Berkeley.

In 2005, George pioneered hierarchical temporal memory and cofounded the AI research startup Numenta, Inc. with Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky. In 2010, George left Numenta to join D. Scott Phoenix in founding Vicarious, an AI research project funded by internet billionaires Peter Thiel and Dustin Moskovitz.

The Alphabet-owned company Intrinsic acquired Vicarious in 2022. The AI and robotics divisions merged with Intrinsic, while the research division (including George) joined DeepMind. As of 2022, George is a Research Scientist at DeepMind.

From Wikipedia’s article on Dileep George (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

  • BornAug 5, 1977, Kerala7
  • CitizenshipUnited States, India8