MIT World Speakers

Jeff Hawkins

Jeff Hawkins is the architect of many computer products, including the PalmPilot and Treo handheld computers. At Numenta he is developing technology derived from the brain model described in his book On Intelligence. Numenta's technology is a new type of memory architecture modeled after the mammalian cortex that can solve problems in pattern recognition and machine learning.

In addition to his positions at Numenta and Palm, Mr. Hawkins is a member of the scientific board of directors at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Hawkins was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2003. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 1979.