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Yoshua Bengio
Turing laureate; the most cited computer scientist alive.
b. 1964🇨🇦CanadaFounder & Scientific Director, Mila — Quebec AI InstituteProfessor, Université de Montréal
Founded Mila and drove the deep-learning revival alongside Hinton and LeCun. Since 2023 has turned to AI safety, chairing the International AI Safety Report.
Known for
Turing Award 2018Attention mechanismsInternational AI Safety Report
2 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first
- 1993–now33 yrsMila — Quebec AI InstituteFounder & Scientific Director
- 1993–now33 yrsUniversité de MontréalProfessor
1 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first
- 2016Deep Learning
LineageWho taught whom. Most of this field descends from a handful of laboratories, and the shortest path between two researchers is usually an advisor.
Taughtstudents and postdocs
Worked alongsideco-founders and close collaborators
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