Silvio Savarese

Silvio Savarese
EducationCalifornia Institute of Technology (PhD)
OccupationsExecutive VP and chief scientist of AI research, Salesforce
SpouseFei-Fei Li
Children2

Silvio Savarese is an Italian-American computer scientist focused on artificial intelligence, computer vision, and social robotics. He is a professor of computer science at Stanford University, and executive vice president and chief scientist at Salesforce.[1] In 2024, Savarese was named to Time's list of the 100 Most Influential People in AI,[2] and in 2026, he was appointed to the United Nations Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence.[3][4]

Early life and education

Savarese earned his degree from the University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy.[5] He subsequently earned his PhD in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2005.[6][7]

Savarese and his father, Gey, developed the computer adventure game A Quiet Weekend in Capri. The game was released in Italy in May 2003 and in North America in 2004.[8][6] The pair also developed a sequel, AnaCapri: The Dream, released in 2007.[9]

Career

From 2005 to 2008, Savarese was a Beckman Institute Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1][10] He was on the faculty of the University of Michigan from 2008 to 2013, first as assistant professor and then associate professor, where he directed the Computer Vision Group and conducted research in 3D scene interpretation, robotics, and machine learning.[11] In 2011, he received an NSF CAREER Award for research into the geometrical and semantic structure of visual scenes.[11]

He then became a tenured professor of computer science at Stanford University, where his research spanned computer vision, robotic perception, and machine learning.[1][12]

In 2011, Savarese co-authored the book Representations and Techniques for 3D Object Recognition & Scene Interpretation with Derek Hoiem.[13]

In 2018, Savarese developed JR-2, a socially aware robot capable of reading human intentions through neural networks.[5][12]

Salesforce

In 2021, Salesforce hired Savarese as chief scientist.[14] His initial work was in leading development of Einstein GPT, and he now leads development for agentic AI platforms.[2]

Savarese and his team developed CodeGen, an open source large-scale language model for conversational code generation,[15][16] and Agentforce, an artificial intelligence agent platform for enterprise use.[17]

Personal life

He is married to computer scientist, AI researcher, and Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li.[18] They have two children.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Silvio Savarese". Stanford University Online. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Gammon, Katherine (September 5, 2024). "Time100 AI 2024: Silvio Savarese". Time. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
  3. ^ "Panel Members". Independent International Scientific Panel on AI. United Nations.
  4. ^ Desmarais, Anna (February 13, 2026). "UN creates first global AI safety panel as tech insiders sound alarm over the technology". Euronews.
  5. ^ a b "Silvio Savarese, l'italiano che insegna ai robot a essere gentili" [Silvio Savarese, the Italian Who Teaches Robots to Be Kind]. LiveUniCT (in Italian). March 25, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  6. ^ a b MacDonald, Laura (2003). "Capri Developer Interview". gameboomers.com. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  7. ^ "Silvio Savarese". dblp computer science bibliography.
  8. ^ Osborne, Scott (May 17, 2006). "A Quiet Weekend in Capri Review". GameSpot. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  9. ^ "Shippin' Out September 3-7: Stranglehold, MOH: Airborne". GameSpot. September 4, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  10. ^ "Current and former postdoctoral fellows". Beckman Institute, University of Illinois. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Silvio Savarese receives NSF CAREER Award". Electrical and Computer Engineering. January 12, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  12. ^ a b Dormehl, Luke (September 21, 2018). "JackRabbot 2 is Stanford's friendly new campus-roaming social robot". Digital Trends. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  13. ^ "Silvio Savarese authors book in the field of Computer Vision". Electrical and Computer Engineering. September 7, 2011. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  14. ^ Miller, Ron (April 7, 2022). "New Salesforce AI chief eyes a future with voice-driven coding". TechCrunch.
  15. ^ Nijkamp, Erik; Pang, Bo; Hayashi, Hiroaki; Tu, Lifu; Wang, Huan; Zhou, Yingbo; Savarese, Silvio; Xiong, Caiming (February 27, 2023), CodeGen: An Open Large Language Model for Code with Multi-Turn Program Synthesis, arXiv:2203.13474
  16. ^ Goldman, Sharon (November 16, 2022). "Why Salesforce is betting on generative AI for conversational workflows". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  17. ^ Dotson, Kyt (October 29, 2024). "Salesforce launches Agentforce AI agent platform into general availability". SiliconANGLE.
  18. ^ a b Hempel, Jessi. "Fei-Fei Li's Quest to Make Machines Better for Humanity". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
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