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 * WBAA audio: Author of 'On Intelligence' to talk on campus Nov. 13 (52 seconds) |
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| * Creator of PalmPilot to speak at Purdue on intelligent computing |
November 8, 2007
WBAA audio: Author of 'On Intelligence' to talk on campus Nov. 13
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Jeff Hawkins, the architect of the PalmPilot and founder of three technology companies, spoke at a teleconference for local media on Thursday (Nov. 9). Hawkins will speak at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 13 in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. The author of the 2004 book "On Intelligence," will talk about his new theory on the brain and how it could lead to the building of intelligent machines. His talk, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Philip F. Bagwell Lecture Series, organized by the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and co-sponsored by 12 additional colleges, schools and departments and 11 student organizations.Hawkins, who lives in the San Francisco Bay area, founded the technology companies Palm Inc., Handspring Inc., and Numenta Inc., as well as the nonprofit Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience. His newest company, Numenta, based in Menlo Park, Calif., is building a computer architecture modeled on the brain's neocortex. In 2003 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, a peer-elected group that advises the federal government on important engineering and technology topics and conducts independent studies. Hawkins co-founded Numenta in 2005 in an effort to jump-start an industry based on his theory of the brain and technology. His research has focused on neuroscience. (WBAA/Wayne Pratt)
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