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Hod Lipson is a Columbia University professor who works in the areas of robotics and AI. He is an award-winning researcher, teacher, and communicator. He received many recognitions, including Esquire magazine’s “Best & Brightest”, Popular Science’s “25 most Awesome labs in the US” and Forbes “Top 7 Data scientists in the world”, to name a few. His TED talk is one of the most viewed on AI, and just earlier this year he was centrally featured by the New York Times in their piece “What’s ahead for AI”. He will be telling us today about the future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. 

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Hod Lipson is a Columbia University professor who works in the areas of robotics and artificial intelligence. He and his students love designing and building robots that do what you’d least expect robots to do: Self replicate, self-reflect, ask questions, and even be creative. Hod's research asks questions such as: Can robots ultimately design and make other robots? Can machines be curious and creative?  Will robots ever be truly self-aware? Answers to these questions can help illuminate life’s big mysteries. ​Hod is a professor of Mechanical Engineering and Data Sciences at Columbia University, where he directs the “Creative Machines Lab”. He is an award-winning researcher, teacher, and communicator. He received both DARPA and NSF faculty awards, aw well as Esquire magazine’s “Best & Brightest”, Popular Science’s “25 most Awesome labs in the US” and Forbes “Top 7 Data scientists in the world”, to name a few. His TED talk is one of the most viewed on AI, and just recently he was centrally featured by the New York Times in their piece “What’s ahead for AI”. He will be telling us today about the future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

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Hod Lipson is a professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University in New York, and a co-author of the award winning book “Fabricated: The New World of 3D printing” and “Driverless: Intelligent cars and the road ahead”. His work on self-aware and self-replicating robots challenges conventional views of robotics, and has enjoyed widespread media coverage. Lipson has co-authored over 350 publications that received over 40,000 citations to date. He has co-founded four companies, and is frequent keynoter both in industry and academic events. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative.

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Hod Lipson is a professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University in New York, and a co-author of the award winning book “Fabricated: The New World of 3D printing”, and “Driverless: Intelligent cars and the road ahead”, by MIT Press (translated into 7 languages). Before joining Columbia University in 2015, Hod spent 14 years as a professor at Cornell University. He received his PhD in 1999 from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, followed by a postdoc at Brandeis University and MIT. Hod Lipson’s work on self-aware and self-replicating robots challenges conventional views of robotics, and has enjoyed widespread media coverage. He has also pioneered open-source 3D printing, as well as electronics 3D printing, bio-printing and food printing. Lipson has co-authored over 350 publications that received over 40,000 citations to date. He has co-founded four companies, and is frequent keynoter both in industry and academic events. His TED Talk on self-aware machines is one of the most viewed presentations on AI and robotics. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative.

See Hod's full curriculum vitae (Updated April 2023)