This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Martin Peniak shares his incredible life path from a young man with no clear future to one of the pioneers in parallel processing.
Martin Peniak sa venuje paralelnému programovaniu. Mal možnosť pracovať pre European Space Agency, pôsobil aj v Sillicon Valley vo výskumnom centre v spoločnosti NVIDIA. V rámci doktorandského štúdia na univerzite v Plymouthe pracoval s humanoidným robotom iCub, kde sa ako prvý venoval aplikovaniu paralelného programovania do kognitívnej robotiky. V súčasnosti pracuje v Cortexica na Imperial College London, kde vytvára biologicky inšpirovaný systém na vizuálne vyhľadávanie. Amatérsky sa venuje astrofotografii a hraniu na etnické hudobné nástroje.
Martin Peniak works in the area of parallel programming. He has worked for the European Space Agency and also in the NVIDIA research centre in Sillicon Valley. During his post-doctoral studies at university in Plymouth, he trained the humanoid robot iCub and was the first to apply parallel programming in the field of cognitive robotics. Currently, Martin works for Cortexica at Imperial College in London where he is creating a biologically inspired system for visual searching. In his free time, he likes to play ethnic musical instruments and he take pictures of the universe.
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