Ken Goldberg
1961–
Ken Goldberg is the William S. Floyd Distinguished Chair in Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and a roboticist, filmmaker, artist, and public speaker on AI and robotics. His work has been exhibited at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany; the Venice Biennale (1998); Centre Pompidou, Paris; InterCommunication Center Biennale, Tokyo (1999); Gwangju Biennale (2016), Seoul; Artists Space and the Kitchen, New York; and the 2000 Whitney Biennial. He has also held visiting positions at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, Massachusetts; ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, California; and the San Francisco Art Institute (1871–2022). He has published over three hundred papers, three books, and holds nine US patents.
Introduction
Kenneth Yigael Goldberg (born 1961) is an American artist, writer, inventor, and researcher in the field of robotics and automation. He is professor and chair of the industrial engineering and operations research department at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds the William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at Berkeley, with joint appointments in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), Art Practice, and the School of Information. Goldberg also holds an appointment in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco.
Wikidata identifier
Q6387683
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Country of birth
Nigeria
Roles
Artist, computer artist, industrial engineer
ULAN identifier
500114636
Names
Ken Goldberg
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Exhibitions & projects
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