Curated category
Machine learning researchers
- Jan LeikeJan Leike began his academic journey at the University of Freiburg in Germany. He earned an undergraduate degree there before moving to Australia.
- Yoshua BengioYoshua Bengio was born on the 5th of March 1964 in France. His family had emigrated to France from Morocco as Jewish refugees.
- Demis HassabisDemis Hassabis was born on the 27th of July 1976 in North London. He began playing chess at the age of four and reached a master standard by thirteen.
- Jürgen SchmidhuberJürgen Schmidhuber was born on the 17th of January 1963 in Germany. He began his higher education at the Technical University of Munich where he completed an…
- Yann LeCunYann André Le Cun was born on the 8th of July 1960 in Soisy-sous-Montmorency, a suburb of Paris. His family name traces back to the old Breton form Le Cunff…
- Andrew NgAndrew Ng was born in London on the 18th of April 1976. His parents were immigrants from Hong Kong who worked as a hematologist and an arts administrator.
- Geoffrey HintonGeoffrey Everest Hinton was born on the 6th of December 1947 in Wimbledon, England. He attended Clifton College in Bristol before matriculating at King's…
- Ray KurzweilRaymond Kurzweil grew up in Queens, New York City. He attended Kingsbury Elementary School PS188 during his childhood years.
- Judea PearlJudea Pearl entered the world on the 4th of September 1936 in Tel Aviv. This city sat within the British Mandate for Palestine at that time.
- Karl SteinbuchKarl Steinbuch was born on the 15th of June 1917 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. He studied physics at the University of Stuttgart during a time when Germany was…
- Seppo LinnainmaaSeppo Ilmari Linnainmaa was born on the 28th of September 1945 in Pori, Finland. He pursued his higher education at the University of Helsinki during the…