Andreas Weigend

{{short description|American computer scientist}}

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{{Infobox scientist

| name = Andreas S. Weigend

| image = Andreas Weigend photo by Linda Poeng.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}

| birth_place = Freiburg i. Br.

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| citizenship = United States

| nationality = German

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| field = Computer Science

| work_institutions = Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Tsinghua University,

Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Fudan

| alma_mater = University of Bonn
Stanford University

| doctoral_advisor = David Rumelhart

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| spouse = Zuoren Pan (m. 2022)

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Andreas Sebastian Weigend (born 1961) is the author of the book Data for the People (Basic Books, 2017). He was a member of Germany's Digital Council under Merkel, Digitalrat.{{cite web|title=Prominenter Abgang in Merkels Digitalrat|periodical=Capital.de|publisher=|url=https://www.capital.de/wirtschaft-politik/prominenter-abgang-in-merkels-digitalrat|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Thomas Steinmann|date=2020-02-18|language=|pages=|quote=}}

Weigend studied physics and philosophy at the University of Bonn and received a PhD in physics from Stanford University in 1991. He was the Chief Scientist at Amazon.com.{{cite web |title=Amazon Empire |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/amazon-empire/transcript/ |website=Frontline |publisher=PBS}}