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Science at Uber: Improving Transportation with Artificial Intelligence

September 17, 2019 / Global
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At Uber, we take advanced research work and use it to solve real world problems. In our  Science at Uber video series, Uber employees talk about how we apply data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other innovative technologies in our daily work.

Zoubin Ghahramani, Chief Scientist at Uber, spent many years in academia researching artificial intelligence. In very recent years, he has seen this field move from the theoretical into the practical, finding real-world applications in a variety of industries. Applied to the huge amount of data around transportation, artificial intelligence has the capability to make travel easier and more seamless.

At Uber, deep learning, an area of artificial intelligence research, finds use in multiple applications, including improving our understanding of cities and traffic, helping compute ETAs, and in developing self-driving cars. Beyond deep learning, however, we also use machine learning and other areas of artificial intelligence to make transportation better.

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Wayne Cunningham

Wayne Cunningham

Wayne Cunningham, senior editor for Uber Tech Brand, has enjoyed a long career in technology journalism. Wayne has always covered cutting edge topics, from the early days of the web to the threat of spyware to self-driving cars. In his spare time he writes fiction, having published two novels, and indulges in film photography.

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