A Chat with Pedro Domingos: Machine Learning Pioneer; Renowned AI researcher; Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington; Founding director of the D. E. Shaw machine learning lab; Best selling Author of The Master Algorithm and his new book, 2040: A Silicon Valley Satire

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Pedro Domingos.

Pedro Domingos is a machine learning pioneer and professor of computer science at the University of Washington. His research unifies different AI paradigms, including deep learning, symbolic AI, statistical learning, and analogical reasoning.

His book on this research program, The Master Algorithm, was a worldwide bestseller. He was the founding director of the D. E. Shaw machine learning lab. He is a winner of the IJCAI John McCarthy Award and the SIGKDD Innovation Award, and a Fellow of AAAS and AAAI. His latest book, 2040, is a satire of the AI craze and the culture wars.

• Website: pedrodomingos.org
  
• Twitter: @pmddomingos
• My new book: 2040: A Silicon Valley Satire