Stuart J. Russell

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and holder of the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley.

Stuart J Russell is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and holder of the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley. Russell is co-chair of the World Economic Forum Council on AI and the OECD Expert Group on AI Futures; he is also a US representative to the Global Partnership on AI.  His research covers a wide range of topics in artificial intelligence and his textbook "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach" (with Peter Norvig) is used in over 1,500 universities in 135 countries. His current concerns include the threat of autonomous weapons and the long-term future of artificial intelligence and its relation to humanity. The latter topic is the subject of his book, "Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control".