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David Rumelhart
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David Rumelhart

Co-authored the backpropagation paper that made deep learning possible.

1942–2011United States
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Known for
BackpropagationParallel Distributed Processing

2 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first

  1. 1987–199811 yrsStanford UniversityProfessor
  2. 1967–198720 yrsUC San DiegoProfessor

1 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first

  1. 1986Parallel Distributed Processing

LineageWho taught whom. Most of this field descends from a handful of laboratories, and the shortest path between two researchers is usually an advisor.

Worked alongsideco-founders and close collaborators
Geoffrey HintonGeoffrey Hinton

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