Years active 2001–present | Name Paul Eremenko | |
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Education Aeronautics and AstronauticsLaw Known for Project AraDARPAAdaptive Vehicle MakeFractionated SpacecraftValue-driven design100 Year StarshipProject Ara at Google Title CEO of Airbus Group Silicon Valley innovation center | ||
Paul Eremenko (Ukrainian: Єременко Павло Олександрович; 1979 in Lviv, Soviet Union) is an American Innovator and Technology executive. He is currently CTO of Airbus and former CEO of Airbus Silicon Valley innovation center. He is a former Google executive and head of Google’s Project Ara, an effort to create an open, modular smartphone platform. Eremenko was named one of the Top-10 Tech Leaders of 2015 in FORTUNE Magazine. Eremenko has also come out as a strong proponent of artificial intelligence and autonomy research, brushing away the growing chorus of concerns by many prominent technology and business leaders. Eremenko has cited his desire to build a starship as the motivation underpinning his career.
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- Google project ara keynote paul eremenko
- Education
- Airbus Group
- Motorola
- DARPA
- Controversies
- Other Work
- Personal life
- References
Google project ara keynote paul eremenko
Education
Eremenko earned a bachelor's degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, a Master’s in Aeronautics from Caltech, and a law degree from Georgetown University. He trained as a pilot at Aretz Airport near Purdue University.
Airbus Group
On May 29, 2015, Eremenko was named the founding CEO of Airbus Group Silicon Valley technology and business innovation center. In this capacity, he was responsible for establishing Airbus's Silicon Valley presence.
On June 7, 2016, Eremenko was promoted to CTO of Airbus.
At Google, Eremenko created and headed Project Ara, which seeks to democratize the mobile phone hardware ecosystem and to make the mobile internet accessible to the next five billion people. The project is also developing a production 3D printer to enable aesthetic customization of the modules that form the device. The ATAP division at Google aims to replicate the innovation model of the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) in the private sector.
Motorola
Before moving to Google, Eremenko was Vice President of Advanced Technology at Motorola where he started Project Ara prior to Google’s sale of Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, while retaining the project.
DARPA
Eremenko served as the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Tactical Technology Office at DARPA, the office responsible for the agency’s drones, robotics, X-planes, and satellite programs. While at DARPA, Eremenko developed and managed several projects, including an effort to revolutionize design and manufacture of complex military systems (such as vehicles and aircraft) called Adaptive Vehicle Make, the System F6 fractionated spacecraft program, and the 100 Year Starship. Eremenko was also responsible for a crowd-sourced military vehicle effort called XC2V which was said to revolutionize auto manufacturing.
At DARPA, Eremenko developed two education-themed efforts: DARPA’s MENTOR program focused on building a manufacturing workforce, and InSPIRE which made the SPHERES robotic platform on the International Space Station accessible to high school students.
Controversies
Since Eremenko was responsible for DARPA's drone and robotics programs, he was asked in the 2013 Nova documentary Rise of the Drones whether he was concerned about the dangers of artificial intelligence, he replied "if you were to ask ... whether the Rise of the Machines-type scenario is a real concern ... my response would be, 'We should be so lucky.' In fact, if we could get little slivers of that kind of adaptive and cognitive capability into systems, that would be a very significant breakthrough, from where we stand today."
The 100 Year Starship, which Eremenko headed at DARPA, was named by U.S. Senator Tom Coburn as one of the 100 most wasteful government spending projects. Coburn specifically cited a 100 Year Starship workshop that included one session, entitled “Did Jesus die for Klingons too?” that debated the implications for Christian philosophy should life be found on other planets.
Other Work
Eremenko was one of the creators and early proponents of a systems engineering strategy for creating more flexible and adaptable products known as value-driven design.
Personal life
Eremenko is the son of the Soviet-American mathematician Alexandre Eremenko and the great grandson of a Marshal of the Soviet Union Andrey_Yeryomenko. Eremenko is one of the most senior aerospace industry executives who is openly gay.