Biography:Andreas Weigend

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Short description: American computer scientist
Andreas S. Weigend
Andreas Weigend photo by Linda Poeng.jpg
Born1961 (age 62–63)
Freiburg i. Br.
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Bonn
Stanford University
Spouse(s)Zuoren Pan (m. 2022)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science
InstitutionsStanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Tsinghua University, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Fudan
Doctoral advisorDavid Rumelhart

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.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Steinmann (2020-02-18). "Prominenter Abgang in Merkels Digitalrat". https://www.capital.de/wirtschaft-politik/prominenter-abgang-in-merkels-digitalrat. 
  2. ↑ "Amazon Empire". PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/amazon-empire/transcript/. 

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