Andrew Ng, Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of Coursera

Episode Overview

Among other topics, Andrew discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

• Andrew’s unique, evolving, and passion-driven career path
• The impact of AI on existing industries
• Recommendations for CIOs and CEOs starting their AI journey
• Advantages of implementing a centralized AI org structure
• Opportunities for smaller organizations to leverage AI
• How lifelong learning can minimize jobs displaced through AI
• The importance of building strong teams and cultures
• Key cultural components for success: work ethic and lifelong leaning
• Chinese verses US business culture

Most recently, Andrew served as Corporate VP and Chief Scientist of Baidu. During his tenure at Baidu, Andrew spearheaded AI projects and developed new lines of business. Prior to joining Baidu, Andrew co-founded Coursera, a Massive Open Online Course platform. Andrew also founded and led the “Google Brain” deep learning project. Through his work with Chinese and American companies, he has made significant contributions to the growth of machine and deep learning in both countries.

Andrew has written or co-authored over 100 research papers and is an adjunct professor at Stanford University. Andrew continues to guide Coursera as Co-Chair of the board

Andrew holds a bachelor of science degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Science in Electrical and Chemical Engineering from MIT. He also earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California Berkeley

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