How AI is already seeping into the way Coloradans live, work, play and get help
When: 10:15-11:15 a.m.
Where: TBD
Moderator: Tamara Chuang
Dr. Matanya Horowitz is the founder and CEO of AMP, a company he built with the objective of transforming the world’s waste from a liability to an asset for society. He developed and commercialized AMP’s breakthrough AI platform and robotics systems, which automate the identification and sorting of recyclables from mixed material streams, pioneering the use of AI in the waste industry and providing waste operators with a reliable source of sustainable diversion.
EY named Horowitz an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Mountain Desert Region Award Winner. He was also recognized as one of MSW Management’s Innovators of 2021 and among the 2021 “Grist 50,” and Fast Company named him one of 2020’s “Most Creative People in Business. He was Waste360’s “2019 Innovator of the Year” and included on the publication’s annual “40 Under 40” list.
Horowitz earned four bachelor’s degrees, in electrical engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, and economics, along with a master’s degree in electrical engineering, from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He holds a doctorate in control and dynamical systems from the California Institute of Technology, with publications and research in control theory, path planning, and computer vision. Horowitz is a named inventor on 61 granted patents and pending patent applications in the waste and recycling industry, on devices, systems, AI and more, as well as being a frequent speaker at waste industry events.
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