n 2008: Stanford PhD (advisor: Andrew Ng)
n 2008 – now: professor at Berkeley
n Research: Director Robot Learning Lab
n 26 PhD students, 2 post-docs, 35
undergraduate researchers
n Teaching
n CS188 Intro to Artificial Intelligence
n CS287 Advanced Robotics
n Various
n Robot lab tours for kids (-> STEM)
n Deep Learning tutorials / bootcamp(s)
n Exec / C-level lectures on recent trends and
advances in AI (2x / month)
n Verizon TV commercial

A bit about myself

n 2014 – now: founder Gradescope

n AI for grading homework, projects, exams

n Used at over 500 schools

n 2016 – 2017: research scientist at OpenAI

n 2017 – now: founder covariant.ai

n AI for robotic automation of manufacturing /

warehousing / e-commerce / logistics

n 2017 – now: advisor Preferred Networks,

OpenAI, OffWorld, Dishcraft, TensorFlight,

Traptic, onai, inzone.ai, livongo, ...

Pieter Abbeel --UC Berkeley | Gradescope| Covariant.AI