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Jeff Hawkins

American entrepreneur and neuroscientist; founder of Palm Computing (born 1957)
Person human Q92993

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13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
June 1, 1957
Place of birth
Huntington
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
businessperson, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher, neuroscientist, entrepreneur
Educated at
Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University College of Engineering, Harborfields High School[9][10][11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Archives at
Computer History Museum[15]
Family name
Hawkins[16]
Given name
Jeff[17]
Member of
National Academy of Engineering[13]
Name in native language
Jeff Hawkins[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jeff Hawkins en Jeffrey Hawkins ar جيف هوكينز de Jeffrey Hawkins es Jeffrey Hawkins fa جف هاوکینز fr Jeffrey Hawkins he ג'ף הוקינס it Jeffrey Hawkins ja ジェフ・ホーキンス ko 제프 호킨스 ru Джефф Хокинс ru Хокинс Джефф ru Хокинс, Джефф sv Hawkins uk Джефф Гокінс zh 傑夫·霍金 zh-hans 杰夫·霍金
🔖 Identifiers · 45
ISNI
0000000114403829
ORCID iD
0000-0003-1416-1561
VIAF cluster ID
27342635
Library of Congress authority ID
n2004098507
GND ID
132309432
OpenAlex ID
A5020007508as of 2026-09-23
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Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jeff Hawkins by Jeff Kubina.jpeg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100180557
BIBSYS ID
6050997
Babelio author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15012054g
CANTIC ID
981060981570006706
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CONOR.SI ID
92033379
CiNii Research ID
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DBLP author ID
99/5408
DDB person (GND) ID
132309432
Databazeknih.cz author ID
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Freebase ID
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Goodreads author ID
15461
IdRef ID
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JRC Names ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
01007966
NL CR AUT ID
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NLP ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Academy of Engineering member ID
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007300105905171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201003320
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810646361105606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1681369
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
277900859
Notable Names Database ID
947/000172431
Obálky knih ID
stk2007405934
Open Library ID
OL6627935A
Podchaser creator ID
107abGicL6
Prabook ID
223357
Quora topic ID
Jeff-Hawkins
SHARE Catalogue author ID
312430
Scopus author ID
15022121900
TED speaker ID
jeff_hawkins
Tabakalera ID
47880
Unz Review author ID
HawkinsJeff
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/2dbacd97-3d8f-4e63-ab05-d1c76959f3a3

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Author of 6
A comparative study of HTM and other neural network models for online sequence learning with streaming data, A Framework for Intelligence and Cortical Function Based on Grid Cells in the Neocortex, A Theory of How Columns in the Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World, Locations in the Neocortex: A Theory of Sensorimotor Object Recognition Using Cortical Grid Cells, Special report : Can we copy the brain? - What intelligent machines need to learn from the Neocortex, The HTM Spatial Pooler—A Neocortical Algorithm for Online Sparse Distributed Coding
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A comparative study of HTM and other neural network models for online sequence learning with streaming data, A Framework for Intelligence and Cortical Function Based on Grid Cells in the Neocortex, A Theory of How Columns in the Neocortex Enable Learning the Structure of the World, Locations in the Neocortex: A Theory of Sensorimotor Object Recognition Using Cortical Grid Cells, Special report : Can we copy the brain? - What intelligent machines need to learn from the Neocortex, The HTM Spatial Pooler—A Neocortical Algorithm for Online Sparse Distributed Coding
Occupation 4
businessperson, computer scientist, neuroscientist, artificial intelligence researcher
Educated at 3
Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley, Cornell University College of Engineering
Affiliated with 2
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Numerica Corporation
Founded entities 2
Palm, Inc., Handspring
Archives at 1
Computer History Museum
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Hawkins
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
National Academy of Engineering
Place of birth 1
Huntington
Sex or gender 1
male
← FactGrid item ID 1
Volkmarsen
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Summary

Jeff Hawkins was born on June 1, 1957[1], in Huntington[2]. He has worked as a businessperson[3], computer scientist[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], neuroscientist[6], and entrepreneur[7].

FAQs

Where was Jeff Hawkins born?

Jeff Hawkins was born in Huntington[2].

What did Jeff Hawkins do for work?

Jeff Hawkins worked as a businessperson[3], computer scientist[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], neuroscientist[6], and entrepreneur[7].

Where did Jeff Hawkins go to school?

Jeff Hawkins was educated at Cornell University[9], University of California, Berkeley[10], Cornell University College of Engineering[11], and Harborfields High School[12].

Related Entities

computer scientist Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Palm, Inc. United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . computerhistory.org. Retrieved . computerhistory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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