HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PROS® (NYSE: PRO), a provider of AI-powered solutions that optimize selling in the digital economy, today announced that its Chief AI Strategist, Michael Wu, Ph.D., will join the École des Ponts Business School as an affiliated Senior Research Fellow for research related to data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
The school celebrated its 30th anniversary as a business school in 2018, and strives to utilize data science to make positive change in the world. Its notable research centers, including the Center for Policy and Competitiveness (CPC)-Paris and the Circular Economy Research Center (CERC), are research- and practice-driven, with a focus on teaching and enhancing the knowledge base of using data and technology in innovative ways.
"We are extremely proud to announce that Dr. Michael Wu has joined the growing research team of École des Ponts Business School as Senior Data Science Research Fellow,” said Alon Rozen, Dean and Managing Director, École des Ponts Business School. “Michael’s bleeding-edge knowledge of the emerging practice of AI and his in-depth mastery of the theory, make for a unique profile that will allow us to further expand the frontiers of our thought leadership."
“I am honored to accept this position with the École des Ponts Business School to ensure that data science is woven into the school’s mission of being ‘in business to make a better world,’” said Dr. Wu. “Its various facilities and initiatives will further fuel the contributions I am able to make to research that can solve many challenging problems facing humanity today, as well as deepen my experience as a teacher, both of which are very exciting to me.”
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