Peter Norvig
Google’s former director of research and co-author of the leading AI textbook
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Peter Norvig is an American computer scientist who co-wrote Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach with Stuart Russell and was director of research at Google. He previously led computational sciences at NASA Ames and is now a fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI.
Biography
Education
Norvig studied applied mathematics at Brown and earned his PhD in computer science at UC Berkeley.
NASA
He worked at Sun Microsystems and Junglee, then led the Computational Sciences Division at NASA Ames, including software for the Deep Space 1 spacecraft.
Joining Google in 2001, he became director of search quality and later director of research. He argued that large amounts of data beat clever algorithms, in “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data”.
Teaching
With Sebastian Thrun he taught a 2011 online AI course to 160,000 students. He wrote Paradigms of AI Programming and is a fellow at Stanford HAI.
Timeline
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1956
Born in United States
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1986
PhD from UC Berkeley
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1992
Paradigms of AI Programming
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1995
AI: A Modern Approach
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1998
Joins NASA Ames
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2001
Joins Google
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2011
Online AI course
Notable works
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1995
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach Book
With Stuart Russell.
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1992
Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming Book
Awards and honours
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NASA Exceptional Achievement Award
2001
Did you know?
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1
He wrote a famous essay, “Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years”.
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2
He created a palindrome sentence of more than 17,000 words.
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3
He solved Sudoku puzzles with a short program.
Connections
Also born on 5 December
Frequently asked
Who is Peter Norvig?
Peter Norvig is an American computer scientist who co-wrote Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach with Stuart Russell and was director of research at Google. He previously led computational sciences at NASA Ames and is now a fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI.
How old is Peter Norvig?
Peter Norvig is 69 years old, born on 5 December 1956 in United States.
Where is Peter Norvig from?
Peter Norvig was born in United States.
What is Peter Norvig known for?
Peter Norvig is best known for Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach; Google director of research; NASA Ames computational sciences.
What awards has Peter Norvig received?
Notable honours include NASA Exceptional Achievement Award (2001).
References
- Peter Norvig — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Official website. www.norvig.com. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Peter Norvig (Q92832) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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