AI Magazine April 2021 | Page 94

Pascal Bornet
Lex Fridman
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Pascal Bornet

Data , automation and innovation leader / author Pascal Bornet is a global expert in the field of intelligent automation ( IA ). He is a senior executive with 20-plus years of experience leading digital business transformations and creations . Over the past 10 years , he has founded and led intelligent automation practices , first for Ernst & Young and then McKinsey & Company . These lines of business delivered high-impact results to corporate clients across industries through innovation , research , strategic investments , and cutting-edge technology developments .
Bornet is also a recognised author , thought leader , lecturer , and speaker on artificial intelligence , automation , and the future of work .

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Lex Fridman

AI researcher , podcast host
MIT
Lex Fridman is a researcher in human-centered AI and deep learning at MIT and beyond in the context of autonomous vehicles and personal robotics . Before joining MIT , he worked for Google on machine learning for large-scale behavior-based authentication .
He is particularly interested in understanding human behavior in the context of human-robot collaboration , and engineering learning-based methods that enrich that collaboration . He received his BS , MS , and PhD from Drexel University where he worked on applications of machine learning , computer vision , and decision fusion techniques in various different fields .
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