Alex Krizhevsky

Canadian machine learning scientist
Person human Q28018607
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Alex Krizhevsky was born in 2000 in Ukraine.[1]

Alex Krizhevsky

Summary

Alex Krizhevsky is a human[1]. His place of birth was Ukraine[2]. He was born on +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a researcher[4]. He ranks in the top 0.68% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (804 views/month, #6,816 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Alex Krizhevsky's place of birth was Ukraine[2].
  • Alex Krizhevsky was born on +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's professions included researcher[4].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's field of work was machine learning[6].
  • Alex Krizhevsky was educated at University of Toronto[7].
  • A notable work attributed to Alex Krizhevsky is AlexNet[8].
  • Alex Krizhevsky is recorded as male[9].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's given name is recorded as Alex[11].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's ACM Digital Library author ID is recorded as 81488667660[12].
  • Alex Krizhevsky studied under Geoffrey Hinton[13].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's birth name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'Олександр'}[14].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as xegzhJcAAAAJ[15].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fmvcw7dq[16].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's Quora topic ID is recorded as Alex-Krizhevsky-1[17].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's MR Author ID is recorded as 1076875[18].
  • Alex Krizhevsky's ResearchGate contributions ID is recorded as 69915774[19].

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Origins and Family

Alex Krizhevsky's place of birth was Ukraine[2]. He was born on +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Alex Krizhevsky's education included a stint at University of Toronto[7]. He studied under Geoffrey Hinton[13].

Career and Affiliations

Alex Krizhevsky's professions included researcher[4]. His field of work was machine learning[6].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to Alex Krizhevsky is AlexNet[8].

Why It Matters

Alex Krizhevsky ranks in the top 0.68% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (804 views/month, #6,816 of 1,000,298).[5] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] He is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

He is credited with the discovery of AlexNet[22], a software[23].

FAQs

Where was Alex Krizhevsky born?

Alex Krizhevsky's place of birth was Ukraine[2].

What did Alex Krizhevsky do for work?

Alex Krizhevsky worked as researcher[4].

Where did Alex Krizhevsky go to school?

Alex Krizhevsky was educated at University of Toronto[7].

What did Alex Krizhevsky discover?

Alex Krizhevsky is credited as discoverer of AlexNet[22].

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  1. [2] . qz.com. Retrieved . qz.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [7] . qz.com. Retrieved . qz.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . qz.com. Retrieved . qz.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . System and method for addressing overfitting in a neural network. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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