Andreas Weigend
American computer scientist
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::summary American computer scientist ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Andreas S. Weigend |
| image | Andreas Weigend photo by Linda Poeng.jpg |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Freiburg i. Br. |
| citizenship | United States |
| nationality | German |
| field | Computer Science |
| work_institutions | Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Tsinghua University, |
| alma_mater | University of Bonn |
| Stanford University | |
| doctoral_advisor | David Rumelhart |
| spouse | Zuoren Pan (m. 2022) |
| :: |
| name = Andreas S. Weigend | image = Andreas Weigend photo by Linda Poeng.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Freiburg i. Br. | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = United States | nationality = German | ethnicity = | field = Computer Science | work_institutions = Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Tsinghua University, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Fudan | alma_mater = University of Bonn Stanford University | doctoral_advisor = David Rumelhart | known_for = | spouse = Zuoren Pan (m. 2022) Andreas Sebastian Weigend (born 1961) is the author of the book Data for the People (Basic Books, 2017). He was a member of Germany's Digital Council under Merkel, Digitalrat.
Weigend studied physics and philosophy at the University of Bonn and received a PhD in physics from Stanford University in 1991. He was the Chief Scientist at Amazon.com.
References
References
- Thomas Steinmann. (2020-02-18). "Prominenter Abgang in Merkels Digitalrat".
- "Amazon Empire". PBS.
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