Thomas Reardon

Thomas Reardon
Reardon at 2019 Web Summit
Born1969 (age 54–55)
NationalityAmerican
EducationColumbia University (B.A., 2008; PhD, 2016)[1]
Duke University (M.S., 2010)[2]
Known forCTRL-Labs
Internet Explorer
W3C
AwardsTR35 (2003)
Scientific career
FieldsInformation technology
Computational neuroscience
InstitutionsColumbia University
Doctoral advisorThomas Jessell
Attila Losonczy

Thomas Reardon (born 1969) is an American computational neuroscientist and the CEO and co-founder of CTRL-labs.[3] Formerly, he was a computer programmer and developer at Microsoft. He is credited with creating the project to build Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer (IE), which was the world's most used browser during its peak in the early 2000s.[4] He founded CTRL-labs in 2015 with neuroscientists from Columbia University. Following the acquisition of CTRL-labs he leads the neural interfaces group at Facebook Reality Labs.[5]

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  3. ^ "Thomas Reardon and CTRL-Labs are building an API for the brain". TechCrunch. November 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. ^ Columbia (2012-05-29), 2012 School of General Studies Class Day Ceremony, retrieved 2019-03-09
  5. ^ Mack, Heather (27 September 2019). "Facebook Deal Suggests Path Forward for Brain-Computer Tech - WSJ". Wall Street Journal.