Technological Evolution

The College of Engineering hosted Robert Csongor ’83 EE in November for the presentation “My Journey in Silicon Valley: The Rise of AI, Self-Driving Cars and NVIDIA.” Speaking to a packed audience in Tolentine Hall, Csongor reflected on his career starting as one of the first 20 employees of NVIDIA in 1995, to current-day NVIDIA, one of the five most valuable companies in the world powering the revolution in artificial intelligence. Csongor emphasized the value of agility, intellectual honesty and culture, noting that failure of ideas and learning from them is fundamental to engineering success. “Give yourself a mission that solves a real problem in the world. Find smart, hardworking people, be passionate about it, and don’t have too much ego,” he said. “If you do what you love, work hard. Good things will follow.”