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Pieter Abbeel
UC Berkeley / Amazon
Biography
Professor at UC Berkeley and Amazon Distinguished Scientist, co-leading Amazon's Frontier AI and Robotics work. Co-founded Covariant, absorbed by Amazon in 2024. Deep RL pioneer.
Key Influence
Bridged deep RL with real-world robotics. Co-founder of Covariant.
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IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, Sloan Fellow