Mr.
Ray Kurzweil
Kurzweil Technologies
Computer scientist; Inventor; Company executive; Writer (nonfiction writer)
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Computer Sciences
Elected
2009
Pioneer in artificial intelligence, inventor of the first CCD flatbed scanner, and firsts in optical character recognition, speech synthesis, speech recognition, and music synthesis. Author of four national best-selling books on science, futurism, and health. Recipient of 18 honorary doctorates and honors from three U.S. Presidents including the National Medal of Technology.
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