Adam Cheyer (born c. 1966) is a co-founder of

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and formerly a director of engineering in the iPhone group at

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Early life and education

Cheyer attended

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, in Sharon, Massachusetts. After graduating in 1984, Cheyer earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from

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in 1988, and a master's degree in computer science and artificial intelligence from

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in 1993.

Career

Prior to Siri, he was a computer scientist and project director in

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Artificial Intelligence Center The Artificial Intelligence Center is a laboratory in the Information and Computing Sciences Division of SRI International. It was founded in 1966 by Charles Rosen and studies artificial intelligence. One of their early projects was Shakey the Robo ...

, where he was the Chief Architect on the

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project. Cheyer was also a member of the founding team at

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and a founder of Sentient Technologies (formerly Genetic Finance). Adam left the Siri team in 2012 and founded Viv Labs, which was acquired by

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in 2016.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Official website

Adam Cheyer Keynote Speaker Bio Page

A patent in speech assistance
''Personalized vocabulary for digital assistant'', published Dec 2, 2014 (Google Patents website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheyer, Adam Living people SRI International people Apple Inc. employees Artificial intelligence researchers Brandeis University alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni 1966 births