Jim Fan — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Director of AI and Distinguished Research Scientist at NVIDIA, co-leading Project GR00T (Humanoid Robotics) and GEAR Lab.
Focuses on making Physical AI a reality and solving Physical AGI.
Holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Served as a Research Intern at OpenAI from May 2016 to January 2017.

Biography

Jim Fan is a Director of AI and Distinguished Research Scientist at NVIDIA, where he co-leads Project GR00T, focusing on Humanoid Robotics, and the GEAR Lab. His work at NVIDIA is dedicated to making Physical AI a reality and solving Physical AGI, with a stated mission to achieve this 'one motor at a time'.

Prior to his current role, Fan completed his Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science at Stanford University from September 2016 to September 2021.