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Neurala & NASA: How AI that was designed for Mars impacts our life on Earth

October 29, 2018 maxversace cars, collision avoidance, compute edge, drones, learning, NASA, spinoff

A feature article from NASA on Neurala’s work developing AI algorithms that live at the Edge. From Mars Rover constraints

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NASA features work with Neurala in NASA Spinoff 2018

April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 maxversace AI, NASA, neurala, spinoff

Planet-Navigating AI “Brain” Helps Drones and Cars Avoid Collisions (https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/it_1.html) NASA Technology From left to right: Matt Luciw (Neurala), Mark

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TEDx: Machines to Life

April 18, 2017April 18, 2018 maxversace 2 Comments AI, convergence, deep learning, hardware, NASA, navigation, robotics, software, TEDx

If an alien watched all the videos on YouTube, he would think that the world was full of robots. But,

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Neurala Receives $250,000 NASA Grant To Bring Autonomous Software To Self-Driving Cars, Home Robots and Drones

October 23, 2015April 19, 2018 maxversace AI, deep learning, NASA, neurala, robotics, sttr

STTR Phase II Enhancement (Phase IIe) Is Designed To Take Software Designed For Use On Mars And Bring It Down

I am the co-founder and CEO of Neurala Inc., a Boston-based company building Artificial Intelligence emulating brain function in software. Neurala’s deep learning tech makes robots, drones, cars, consumer electronics, toys and smart devices more useful, engaging and autonomous. Neurala stems out of 10 years of research at Boston University Neuromorphics Lab, where as AI Professor I have pioneered the research and fielding of brain-inspired (also called Deep Learning, or Artificial Neural Networks) algorithms that allow robots and drones to perceive, navigate, interact and learn real-time in complex environments.

Over my academic and industrial career, I have lectured and spoken at dozens of events and venues, including TEDx, keynote at Mobile World Congress Drone Summit, NASA, the Pentagon, GTC, InterDrone, Los Alamo National Lab, GE, Air Force Research Labs, HP, iRobot, Samsung, LG, Qualcomm, Huawei, Ericsson, BAE Systems, AI World, Mitsubishi, ABB and Accenture, among many others.

My work has been featured in TIME, IEEE Spectrum, Fortune, CNBC, The Boston Globe, Xconomy, The Chicago Tribune, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Nasdaq, Associated Press and many other media.

Career and company awards include: CB Insights 100 Most Promising AI Companies, Draper Venture Network Most Innovative Company, Disruptor Daily 100 Most Disruptive Companies, Edison Award Best New Product in Social Innovation.

I am a Fulbright scholar, hold several patents and two Ph.Ds: Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University; Experimental Psychology, University of Trieste, Italy.