Amnon Shashua
- January 10, 2024
- Computer Scientist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Amnon Shashua |
| Occupation | Computer Scientist |
| Date Of Birth | May 26, 1960(1960-05-26) |
| Age | 64 |
| Country | Israel |
| Horoscope | Gemini |
Amnon Shashua Biography
| Name | Amnon Shashua |
| Birthday | May 26 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Birth Country | Israel |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Amnon Shashua is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on May 26, 1960 in Israel.
Amnon Shashua received his B.Sc in mathematics and computer science from Tel- Aviv University in 1985 and his M.Sc in computer science in 1989 from the Weizmann Institute of Science under the supervision of Shimon Ullman. His Ph.D in brain and cognitive sciences was received from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), while working at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, in 1993; and his postdoctoral training under Tomaso Poggio at the center for biological and computational learning at MIT.
Shashua has been on the computer science faculty at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem since 1996. In 1999 he was appointed as an associate professor and in 2003 received full professorship. From 2002 to 2005 he was the head of the engineering and computer science school at the Hebrew University. Shashua currently has held the Sachs chair in computer science at the Hebrew University since 2007. Over the years, he has published over 100 papers in the field of machine learning and computational vision.
Amnon Shashua Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Computer Scientist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Amnon Shashua is one of the richest Computer Scientist from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amnon Shashua 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Amnon Shashua (אמנון שעשוע; born May 26, 1960) is an Israeli computer scientist and businessman. He is a computer science professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem as well as Senior Vice President at Intel Corporation and President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mobileye, and co-founder of OrCam. In 2020, Shashua announced he was opening Israel’s first digital bank.
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On Israeli Independence Day 2017, Shashua was chosen for one of the highest honors in Israeli society, to light a torch at the national ceremony on Mt. Herzl. The committee that selects the torch-lighters decided to honor him for his contribution to the development of cutting edge technology that assists in the reduction of road accidents and assistance to the visually impaired.
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Andrea Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Amnon Shashua celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.
Shashua’s work with Lior Wolfe on multiple-view geometry was one of three joint “best papers” at the 2000 European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) and received the Marr Prize “honorable mention” at the 2001 International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV). His work with Tamir Hazan on graphical models was the “best paper” runner-up at the 2008 Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI). Shashua received first prize in the 2004 Kaye Innovation award, and the 2005 Mifal HaPayis Landau Prize for Science and Research in the area of Exact Sciences – Robotics.
Top Facts about Amnon Shashua
1. Amnon Shashua is an Israeli computer scientist and businessman who is the
Sachs Professor of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2. He is the President and CEO of the autonomous driving and driver-
assistance technology company Mobileye.
3. In 1995, Shashua founded CogniTens, which was then sold to Hexagon AB in
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4. Mobileye launched its IPO on the NYSE in 2014, raising approximately $1 billion at a market cap of $5.3 billion.
5. In 2017, Intel acquired Mobileye for approximately $15.3 billion.
6. In 2010, Shashua co-founded OrCam which launched an assistive device for the visually impaired based on computer vision capabilities.
7. He received first prize in the 2004 Kaye Innovation Award, and the 2005 Mifal HaPayis Landau Prize for Science and Research in the area of Exact Sciences – Robotics.
8. On Israeli Independence Day 2017, Shashua lit a torch at the national ceremony on Mt. Herzl.
9. In 2019, Shashua was recognized by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology as the Electronic Imaging (EI) Scientist of the Year.
10. In 2020, he was awarded the Dan David Prize for his work in Artificial Intelligence.
11. In 2022, he was awarded the Mobility Innovator Award and was inducted into The Automotive Hall of Fame.
12. In 2023, he was awarded MotorTrend’s first Software-Defined Vehicle Innovator (SDVI) Award.
13. In 2023 he was awarded Israel Prize in the category lifetime achievement and exceptional contribution to the nation.