Dr. Peter Lee

Country: USA
Dr. PETER LEE Corporate Vice President, Research and Incubations Microsoft Dr. Peter Lee is Corporate Vice President, Research and Incubations, at Microsoft.He leadsMicrosoft Researchacrossits eightlaboratoriesaround the world. He also overseesseveralincubation teamsfornewresearch-poweredlines ofbusiness, the largest of which today isMicrosoftsgrowinghealthcare and life scienceseffort.Dr. Leehas extensiveexperienceinmanagingfundamentalresearchtocommercial impactin a range of areas,spanningartificial intelligence,to quantum computing, tobiotechnology, and more.Before joining Microsoft in 2010, he was at DARPA, where he established a new technology officethat createdoperational capabilities in machine learning, datascience, andcomputationalsocial science.From 1987 to 2005he wasa Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and from 2005to 2008the Head of theuniversityscomputersciencedepartment.Today, in addition to his management responsibilities,Dr. Leespeaksand writeswidely on technology trends and policies.Heis a member of theNational Academy of Medicine. Heserves on theBoards of Directors of the Allen Institutefor Artificial Intelligence, theBrotmanBatyInstitute for Precision Medicine, and the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine.In public service, Dr. Leewasa commissioner on PresidentObamasCommission on Enhancing National Cybersecurityandledseveralstudies forboth PCAST and theNational Academies on the impact of federal research investments on economic growth. He hastestified before both the US House Science and Technology Committee and the US Senate Commerce Committee.