David Stavens | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1982 (age 41–42)[4] |
| Citizenship | US |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Self-driving cars, robotics,[1] computer science |
| Institutions | Udacity (co-founder), Stanford Self-Driving Car Team (co-founder), Nines (co-founder) |
| Thesis | Learning to Drive: Perception for Autonomous Cars (2011) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sebastian Thrun[2] |
| Other academic advisors | Andrew Ng, Fei-Fei Li[3] |
David Stavens is an American entrepreneur and scientist. He has made significant contributions to the field of AI, co-founding the team that developed Stanley,[5][6][7][8][9] the self-driving car that led to Google's Waymo, as well as Udacity, an online education platform for technology and AI that has educated millions globally. He also co-founded Nines, a company that built AI-enabled, FDA-approved medical devices.[10][11][12][13] Stavens has published in the fields of robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, and has contributed to starting companies with an aggregate market value of over $30 billion.[14][15]
- ^ Thrun, Sebastian; Montemerlo, Mike; Dahlkamp, Hendrik; Stavens, David; Aron, Andrei; Diebel, James; Fong, Philip; Gale, John; Halpenny, Morgan (2007). The 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. pp. 1–43. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73429-1_1. ISBN 9783540734284.
- ^ David Stavens at the Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:4was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Efrati, Amir (2012-04-12). "Start-Up Expands Free Course Offerings Online". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
- ^ Leckart, Steven. "The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Online pioneer Udacity lands $105 million round and a $1 billion valuation". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Anderson, Stuart. "Sebastian Thrun: Udacity Would Not Exist Without Immigrants". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Poletti, Therese. "Why the father of the self-driving car left Google". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Davis, Joshua. "Say Hello to Stanley". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ Nines. "Teleradiology Leader Receives FDA Clearance for Its Lung Nodule Measurement Tool Built with Artificial Intelligence". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Leadership of Top Radiology Practice I Nines Teleradiology". www.nines.com. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Nines FDA Approval". www.businesswire.com. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Nines 510(k)" (PDF). www.fda.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "David Stavens - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Princeton Entrepreneurs". entrepreneurs.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-09.