A ten-year Amazon veteran, Gérard Medioni is a member of the leadership team for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, where he drives adoption of artificial intelligence in content understanding and applications. Prior to joining Prime Video, Gérard was responsible for leading AI and computer vision-based research efforts powering Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, which provides checkout-free shopping experiences, and the Amazon One palm recognition service, which delivers a new means of identification for entry and payment. Gérard is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at USC, where he served as the Chair of the CS Department from 2001-2007. He is a Fellow of AAAI, IEEE, ACM and NAI, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.