PhD Didier René Guzzoni | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
| Citizenship | Swiss |
| Occupation | Senior Software Engineer |
| Known for | Artificial intelligence Intelligent assistants Siri |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Electrical engineering Computer science |
| Alma mater | EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) |
| Thesis | Active: a unified platform for building intelligent applications (2008) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Baur |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Computer science |
| Institutions | Apple Inc. |
| Website | http://www.apple.com |
Didier Guzzoni (born 1970 in Geneva) is a Swiss computer scientist and senior software engineer with the Apple's Siri team. He was a founding member and chief scientist at the start-up company Siri Inc. that was later acquired by Apple Inc. [1]
Guzzoni studied electrical engineering at the Geneva State Engineering School,followed by studies in computer science at EPFL,where obtained a master's degree in 1996. He then worked with Charles Baur on medical robotics application at EPFL's Virtual Reality and Active Interface group. [2] In 1997,he moved to Silicon Valley to join the SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center to work with Luc Julia and Adam Cheyer at on artificial intelligence and robotics. [3] [4] [5] Then he was involved in multiple start-ups ranging from mobile robotics to AI-powered B2B platforms,where he collaborated among others with Rajiv Gupta and Shamik Sharma.
In 2004,he returned to EPFL to join Charles Baur's laboratory as a PhD student. His research aimed at facilitating the access on complex artificial intelligence techniques by software developers. [6]
After his graduation in 2007,together with Tom Gruber and Dag Kittlaus he cofounded and became chief scientist Siri Inc.,a start-up company developing a mobile intelligent assistant. The company was acquired in 2010 by Apple Inc.,and its technology has been incorporated with most Apple products since 2011. He is a senior software engineer with the Apple's Siri team. [7] [8] [9] [10]
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