元器件交易网讯 5月19日消息，百度公司于5月17日宣布，任命人工智能领域最权威的学者之一——吴恩达(Andrew Ng)博士为百度首席科学家，全面负责百度研究院。同时，正式成立百度硅谷实验室。下面是吴恩达于5月16日在Coursera博客写的一封信，他在信中介绍了Coursera的发展状况，称自己对Coursera团队感到自豪，并承诺会继续履行自己的使命：让每个人都接受最高水平教育。

　　以下为全文翻译：

　　月底，我将离开Coursera，但继续担任董事会主席，我将将加盟百度，担任首席百度科学家。

　　我爱Coursera团队，仍会继续履行我们的使命让每个人都接受最高水平教育。在2011年，我的首个“机器学习”网络课程MOOC报名人数达到104000人，这促成Coursera的成立。Coursera已经将学员扩展到7500万人，我们现在给超过100个的不可思议的机构提供课程，这让我很自豪。

　　在过去的一年中，我们已经大力发展Coursera的团队，首席执行官里克•莱文以及John Ciancutti、长葛尔(Vivek Goel)以及其它许多人进入我们的领导层。达芙妮·科勒(Daphne Koller)和我非常感谢找到这么多可信任的合作伙伴并与之建立业务。

　　正因为如此，在最近几周，我一直在思考我更广泛的兴趣，包括机器学习，这是我的根，我用它帮助开展Coursera和MOOC课程。

　　MOOC在线课程处于健康发展中，我现在计划将更多的时间投入到人工智能上和机器学习上。我将加入百度担任首席科学家，在硅谷总部建立一个研究机构。一直以来我都对教育和人工智能保持热情，我相信我的一些技能会对人工智能的发展有所贡献。

　　我加入Coursera在世界范围内推出大型开放式网络课程MOOC。Coursera已发展到一定水平，我相信它会继续茁壮成长。在我继续担任董事会主席，我将继续与团队合作，继续代表Coursera，造福Coursera，支持公司建立其科技学习团队，扩大Coursera在中国的业务，并参与公司的战略。

　　2011年，我的小团队承诺总是把学习者放在第一位，这个承诺将继续推动我们在Coursera的工作，我期望与Rick、达芙妮以及公司其它人共事，为全世界的学习者履行我们的使命。

　　（元器件交易网董蕾 译）

　　原文如下：

　　Later this month, I will be stepping away from my day-to-day responsibilities at Coursera, but will be continuing as Chairman of the Board. I will also be taking on the role of Chief Scientist at Baidu.

　　I love the Coursera team, and remain committed to our mission to give everyone a great education. In 2011, I taught my first machine learning MOOC to 104,000 learners, which led to the founding of Coursera. I’m proud that Coursera has since grown this movement to 7.5 million learners, and that we now offer courses from more than 100 incredible institutions.

　　In the past year, we have substantially grown Coursera’s team, with CEO Rick Levin, as well as John Ciancutti, Vivek Goel, Lila Ibrahim, and many others joining our leadership. Daphne Koller and I are grateful to have found so many trusted partners throughout the company with whom to build the business.

　　Because of this, in recent weeks I have been thinking about my broader interests, including machine learning, which are my roots and helped launch Coursera and the MOOC movement.

　　With the MOOC movement healthy and growing, I now plan to dedicate more of my time toward AI (Artificial Intelligence) and machine learning. I will be joining Baidu as their Chief Scientist to help build out a research organization, headquartered in Silicon Valley. Both education and AI have been longstanding passions for me. I believe some of my skills will allow me to make a contribution to the latter.

　　I joined Coursera to launch MOOCs out to the world. Coursera has grown to a level where I am confident that it will continue to grow and thrive. In my continuing role as Chairman of the Board, I will work with the team to make sure that we do so. In this role, I will continue to act as a spokesperson and evangelist for Coursera, support the company in building out its Teaching & Learning team, further Coursera’s work in China, and remain deeply involved in company strategy.

　　In 2011, my small team had made a commitment to always put learners first. This mantra continues to drive our work at Coursera, and I look forward to working with Rick, Daphne and the rest of the company to fulfill our mission and serve learners worldwide.