François Chollet

French machine learning researcher
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François Chollet

Summary

François Chollet is a human[1]. He was born on October 20, 1989[2]. He worked as a data scientist[3], software developer[4], computer scientist[5], and programmer[6]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month, #7,171 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • François Chollet was born on October 20, 1989[2].
  • François Chollet held citizenship in France[8].
  • François Chollet worked as a data scientist[3].
  • François Chollet's professions included software developer[4].
  • François Chollet worked as a computer scientist[5].
  • François Chollet worked as a programmer[6].
  • François Chollet's field of work was software engineering[9].
  • François Chollet's field of work was Python[10].
  • François Chollet's field of work was artificial intelligence[11].
  • François Chollet's field of work was machine learning[12].
  • François Chollet's field of work was deep learning[13].
  • François Chollet's field of work was artificial neural network[14].
  • Among François Chollet's employers was Google[15].
  • François Chollet was educated at ENSTA Paris[16].
  • A notable work attributed to François Chollet is Keras[17].
  • A notable work attributed to François Chollet is Q21447895[18].
  • A notable work attributed to François Chollet is ARC Prize[19].
  • François Chollet is recorded as male[20].
  • François Chollet's instance of is recorded as human[21].
  • François Chollet's Commons category is recorded as François Chollet[22].
  • François Chollet's family name is recorded as Chollet[23].
  • François Chollet's given name is recorded as François[24].
  • François Chollet's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as French[25].
  • François Chollet's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[26].
  • François Chollet's different from is recorded as François Chollet[27].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: FR[29]

  • Began / founded: 1989-10-20[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2e0c337b-c9a3-42b3-927b-924e1f164041[31]

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Origins and Family

François Chollet was born on October 20, 1989[2].

Education

François Chollet was educated at ENSTA Paris[16].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include data scientist[3], software developer[4], computer scientist[5], and programmer[6]. Fields of work include software engineering[9], a branch of computer science[32]; Python[10], an object-based language[33], founded in 1991[34]; artificial intelligence[11], a type of technology[35]; machine learning[12], an academic discipline[36]; deep learning[13]; and artificial neural network[14], a type of statistical model[37]. François Chollet was employed by Google[15].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Keras[17], a software[38]; Q21447895[18], a software library[39], founded in 2015[40]; and ARC Prize[19], an inducement prize contest[41], founded in 2024[42].

Why It Matters

François Chollet ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (307 views/month, #7,171 of 1,000,298).[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43]

FAQs

What did François Chollet do for work?

François Chollet worked as data scientist[3], software developer[4], computer scientist[5], and programmer[6].

Where did François Chollet go to school?

François Chollet was educated at ENSTA Paris[16].

References

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  1. [20] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . wikidata.org.
  4. [16] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] . wikidata.org.
  17. [2] . wikidata.org.
  18. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [17] . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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