Astro Teller
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Astro Teller in 2008
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| Born | Eric Teller 29 May 1970 Cambridge, England |
| Residence | Palo Alto, CA, United States |
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Stanford University Google X |
| Alma mater |
Stanford University Carnegie Mellon University |
| Thesis | Algorithm evolution with internal reinforcement for signal understanding (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Manuela M. Veloso |
| Known for | BodyMedia |
| Notable awards | Hertz fellowship |
| Spouse | Danielle Teller (2012 - Present) |
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Website astroteller |
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Astro Teller (born Eric Teller; 29 May 1970) is an entrepreneur, scientist, and author, with expertise in the field of intelligent technology.
Teller was born in Cambridge, England and raised in Evanston, Illinois. He is the son of Paul Teller, who was an instructor in the philosophy of science at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Chantal DeSoto, a buyer and clothing designer for Sears who later became a teacher of gifted children. His grandparents include both French economist and mathematician Gérard Debreu and Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist Edward Teller. He received the nickname "Astro" after high school friends compared his flat-top haircut to AstroTurf, and reportedly had the image of cartoon dog Astro from The Jetsons painted on his car door in college.
Teller holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Stanford University, Masters of Science in symbolic computation (symbolic and heuristic computation), also from Stanford University, and a PhD in artificial intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a recipient of a Hertz fellowship. After working as a teacher at Stanford University, he became a business executive.
Teller was the co-founder and chairman of BodyMedia, makers of the "BodyMedia FIT", "Bodybugg", and the "Sensewear" armbands (wearable devices that measure sleep, perspiration, motion, and calories burned).
He is also co-founder, director, and former CEO of Cerebellum Capital.
In May 2001, Teller was featured on NPR's All Things Considered, discussing how the good economy has shaped the attitudes of 30-year-olds towards their jobs.
He has lectured at the TEDMED Conference (2003 and 2004), South By Southwest (2013), and ideaCity (2004).
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