Alexander D. Wissner-Gross | |
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Born | 1982 |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | CO2Stats |
Website | www |
Alexander D. Wissner-Gross (born in 1982 [1] ) is an American research scientist and entrepreneur. [2] He is a fellow at the Institute for Applied Computational Science at Harvard University. [3]
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he researched nanotechnology, Wissner-Gross triple-majored in physics, electrical engineering and mathematics. He was awarded the Marshall Scholarship, and was the last student to triple-major at MIT before the option was discontinued. [4] Wissner-Gross also has a Ph.D in physics from Harvard University. [5]
In 2007, [5] Wissner-Gross founded the technology company CO2Stats, which measures the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by using a website. [6] CO2Stats is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and received funding from the seed venture capital firm Y Combinator. [5] The company attracted controversy when Wissner-Gross was reported to have claimed that a single Google search emitted seven grams of CO2, which Google disputed. [7] Wissner-Gross denied making the claim. [5]
Wissner-Gross co-authored a paper with mathematician Cameron Freer describing a "biophysical model for explaining sophisticated intelligent behavior in human and nonhuman animals", published in the journal Physical Review Letters , [8] which he expected would be useful for artificial intelligence. Researcher Gary Marcus wrote an article in The New Yorker criticizing the paper, saying they were "essentially promising a television set that walks your dog". [2]
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