Federighi holds a Master of Science degree in ComputerScience and a Bachelor of Science in ElectricalEngineering and ComputerScience from the University of California, Berkeley.
Hennessy, a professor of electricalengineering and computerscience with 23 years at Stanford, has the right background to figure out the university's new role.
In his Google blog post, Mr Thrun - professor of computerscience and electricalengineering at Stanford University - insisted that safety was the "first priority" in the project.