Surya Ganguli — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University and Associate Director of Stanford’s Human Centered AI Institute.
Runs the Neural Dynamics and Computation Lab at Stanford, researching how networks of neurons and synapses facilitate cognitive functions.
Research focuses on deep neural networks, generative AI, few-shot learning, language models, and machine vision.
Serves as a Venture Partner at General Catalyst and previously at a16z.
Awarded a Simons Investigator Award in the mathematical modeling of living systems and a Schmidt Science Polymath Award.
Holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a PhD in string theory from UC Berkeley.

Biography

Surya Ganguli is a Professor of Applied Physics at Stanford University and an Associate Director of Stanford’s Human Centered AI Institute. He also serves as a Venture Partner at General Catalyst, having previously held a similar role at a16z. His extensive research career includes visiting researcher positions at Google and Meta AI.

Dr. Ganguli's academic background is robust, with a triple major in physics, mathematics, and EECS from MIT.