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Yoshua Bengio

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Yoshua Bengio
Born1964 (age 59–60)
Alma materMcGill University
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversité de Montréal
Websiteiro.umontreal.ca/~bengioy

Yoshua Bengio (born 1964) is a French-born Canadian computer scientist, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learning.[1][2][3]

Bengio received his Bachelor of Science (electrical engineering), Master of Engineering (computer science) and PhD (computer science) from McGill University.[4] He was a post-doctoral fellow at MIT (under Michael I. Jordan) and AT&T Bell Labs.[5] Bengio has been a faculty member at the Université de Montréal since 1993 and is a fellow of the Learning in Machines & Brains project of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Knight, Will (July 9, 2015). "IBM Pushes Deep Learning with a Watson Upgrade". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. ^ LeCun, Yann; Bengio, Yoshua; Hinton, Geoffrey (2015). "Deep learning". Nature. 521 (7553): 436–444. doi:10.1038/nature14539.
  3. ^ Bergen, Mark; Wagner, Kurt (July 15, 2015). "Welcome to the AI Conspiracy: The 'Canadian Mafia' Behind Tech's Latest Craze". Recode. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Yoshua Bengio". Profiles. Canadian Institute For Advanced Research. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Bengio, Yoshua. "CV". Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle. Université de Montréal. Retrieved July 31, 2016.