Directions of Edge Computing and Its Adoption

Speaker: Dr. Yoky Matsuoka, Vice President, Google

Matsuoka joined Google from Alphabet’s Nest business where she served as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to this she was head of innovation and co-founder of Google[X], the company’s innovative research and development lab. She has also served in a senior executive role at Apple and was Chief Executive Officer of Quanttus, a wearable health technology startup.

Matsuoka was an endowed professor at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington. While at the universities, she founded and directed the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering and served as Director of the Neurobotics Laboratory with a focus on developing robotic devices.

Matsuoka holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley, as well as master’s and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

She is a MacArthur Fellow and has received the Excellence in Achievement Award from UC Berkeley and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

This seminar is part of a weekly seminar series on “Topics in International Technology Management: Edge Computing: Different Directions for Asia and the U.S.?” from September 26 - December 5.  Click here to see US-Asia Technology Management Center's speaker line-up.  

Networking with light refreshments after the discussion.

Free and open to the public.  Please go to the link below to RSVP: