Former DeepMind scientist听Prof. Stephen Clark has joined听Cambridge Quantum Computing.听
CQC, which听builds tools for the commercialisation of quantum technologies, said Prof. Clark has been听appointed听Head of听Artificial Intelligence.听
Until recently, Prof. Clark was a Senior Staff Research Scientist at DeepMind in London,听where he led a team working on grounded language learning in virtual听environments.听听
He also holds an Honorary Professorship at Queen Mary University听of London.听
Prior to starting at DeepMind in October 2016, Prof. Clark spent 10 years as a member of faculty at the听University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and听Technology, where he was听a听Reader in Natural Language Processing.听听
Before that he was听a member of faculty at the Oxford University Department of Computer Science, and a听Fellow of Keble College, Oxford.听
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Ilyas Khan, CEO of CQC, said:听鈥淚 am thrilled to welcome Prof. Clark to Cambridge Quantum where he will听join as a senior member of our amazing scientific team as听Head听of Artificial Intelligence. Steve鈥檚 reputation and standing are of the highest order and I am听excited at the perspective and leadership he brings at this vital time of our development.听听
鈥�We have a hugely ambitious programme of work to make the most of quantum computing听hardware in these early听stages of their development, whilst also preparing applications that will affect humanity听as a whole when听quantum computers scale and approach fault tolerance.鈥�听
Prof. Clark holds a PhD in Computer Science and听Artificial Intelligence from the University of Sussex, and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy听from the University of Cambridge (Gonville and Caius College).听
He听said: 鈥淚 am delighted to be joining Cambridge Quantum, a cutting-edge world leading quantum听computing company.听听
鈥�I am especially pleased to be reigniting my longstanding collaboration with Prof. Bob听Coecke, now Chief Scientist at Cambridge Quantum, and excited about exploring the potential of quantum computers in AI generally with the company鈥檚 impressive听scientific teams.鈥�听听
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