Tomas Pfister is Leading the Artificial Intelligence Revolution

He published Apple's first research paper on AI, which then won the Best Paper Award at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. His work has contributed to the development of autonomous vehicles, Face ID in the iPhone X, facial microexpression detection, and sign language translation – it also landed him on Forbes' 30 Under 30 in Science for 2018. With a vision that artificial intelligence can improve lives, Tomas Pfister has poured himself into AI research, hoping to have a positive impact on the world with this powerful technology. In this exclusive interview, Pfister discusses the origins of his scientific interest, what made his Apple paper so innovative, and his current research with Google. Tomas Pfister: As a child I was always fascinated by computers.