- Chief Scientist, Sony AI12
- Professor; founder of LARG; founding director of Texas Robotics, The University of Texas at Austin12
Peter Stone is chief scientist of Sony AI and a professor of computer science at The University of Texas at Austin, where he founded the Learning Agents Research Group and is founding director of Texas Robotics. Stone's UT page also lists him as head of the School of Computing and, in his own words, chief scientist of Sony Corporate Technology Center. Stone received a PhD from Carnegie Mellon in 1998.123
At a glance
- Current roles
- Chief Scientist +1 more
- Companies
- Sony AI, The University of Texas at Austin
- Fields
- Reinforcement learning, Robotics, Agents
- Education
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Honors
- 2
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
Sony AI and honors
Sony AI named Stone chief scientist on 30 July 2024. Stone's UT homepage notes the ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award in June 2025 and Nature cover papers including a 2026 robot table-tennis result. Sony AI's profile lists AAAI, IEEE, AAAS, and ACM fellowships and the 2007 IJCAI Computers and Thought Award.12
Honors and recognition
Where they work
- Sony AI 1 person in the wiki
- The University of Texas at Austin 4 people in the wiki
Open roles at The University of Texas at Austin (626)
- Chief of Staff, Dean’s Office, Moody College of CommunicationsUT MAIN CAMPUSPosted Oct 26, 2026
- Social Science/Humanities Reserach Associate V - Early Childhood Program Evaluator - Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental HealthUT MAIN CAMPUSPosted Oct 26, 2026
- Building Attendant II – Part TimeUT MAIN CAMPUSPosted Oct 26, 2026
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- Danijar HafnerReinforcement learning · Robotics
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- Yuke ZhuRobotics · Agents
- Siddharth NarayananReinforcement learning · Agents
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References
3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 25, 2026 · data updated Oct 25, 2026