Speaker
Prof David Kirsch
Professor of Cognitive Science
University of California, San Diego, USA
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Receiving his BA in philosophy and economics as well as a PhD from Oxford University on foundations of cognitive science, David spent five years at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab as a research scientist before his current position at the University of California at San Diego.