From Google Vice President to Panasonic Yoko Matsuoka aspirations at the conference

From Google Vice President to Panasonic Yoko Matsuoka has an aspiration at the conference on November 1 at 14:36

Yoko Matsuoka, vice president of Google in the United States and recently transformed into Panasonic, had a press conference in Tokyo and expressed his aspiration to create new products and services using AI = artificial intelligence and other specialized knowledge.

Mr. Matsuoka, who was appointed as a vice president of Panasonic by Google's vice president on the 17th of last month, is widely known as a researcher and manager in Silicon Valley, USA.

Matsuoka interviewed 31 journalists and introduced that people with disabilities have worked on brain science and AI research, such as the development of devices that can move things with brain signals.

As for the reason why he changed to Panasonic, Mr. Matsuoka stated, “It is difficult to do all the work, child-rearing, and housework, and I wanted to be involved in the development of products and services that can change this.” It was.

“There are not so many companies in the world, from conventional home appliances to sensors, and we want to make things that improve people's lives by making use of specialized AI and robot knowledge.” Said.

According to the company, Mr. Matsuoka will be based in Silicon Valley and will lead the development of new products and services that integrate home appliances, communications, and AI.

Yoko Matsuoka is 48 years old.

At the age of 16, he went to the United States alone to become a professional tennis player. Issue.

As a robot and brain science researcher, he studied at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington, and in 2007 was also selected as a MacArthur Fellow, known as the “Genius Award” in the United States.

In 2009, I was involved as one of the core members in the creation of “X”, a research department of Google known for the development of self-driving cars.

Matsuoka then worked on the development of healthcare products at Apple, and just before working for Panasonic, he served as Vice President of Google and CTO = Chief Technology Officer of the Smart Home Business.

Silicon Valley is widely known under the nickname “Yoki = Yorky”, and Panasonic will use its experience to direct the development of next-generation products based on Silicon Valley.