Moore departing CMU to lead AI efforts for Google Cloud services
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Andrew Moore — dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University — is returning to Google.
The Mountain View, Calif.based tech company announced Monday morning that Mr. Moore will lead the artificial intelligence efforts for Google Cloud, a division of the firm that provides a suite of cloud-computing services, such as data storage, data analytics and machine learning.
“I am bursting with excitement about this,” Mr. Moore said in a release. “I have always deeply believed in the power of technology to improve the state of the world, so for me it’s a big opportunity to help Google bring useful AI to all the other industry verticals.”
Last month, Mr. Moore announced he would step down as dean and leave his post as professor of computer science and robotics by the end of the year.
His new role is somewhat of a homecoming for Mr. Moore, who took a leave of absence from Carnegie Mellon in 2006 to spearhead Google’s Pittsburgh office in Bakery Square.
In 2014, Mr. Moore — who climbed the ranks at Google to
become vice president of engineering — returned to CMU to serve as dean of the School of Computer Science.
“We are incredibly fortunate to have Andrew’s leadership at this point in our development as we define how we will expand bringing AI and ML technologies and solutions to developers and organizations all over the world,” Diane Greene, CEO Google Cloud, wrote in a blog post.
Mr. Moore will rejoin Google in January. He will remain based in Pittsburgh.
Courtney Linder: clinder@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1707. Twitter: @LinderPG.