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Hector Zenil

researcher
Person human Q63660773

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
1977
Occupation
researcher, mathematician, computer scientist
Doctoral advisor
Jean-Paul Delahaye, Cristian Calude[5][6]
Doctoral student
Santiago Hernández-Orozco[8]
Family name
Zenil[9]
Given name
Hector[10]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hector Zenil en Héctor Zenil
🔖 Identifiers · 17
ISNI
0000000123305016
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0634-4384
VIAF cluster ID
173031691
Library of Congress authority ID
no2011107074
GND ID
1011480018
DBLP author ID
z/HectorZenilChavez
DDB person (GND) ID
1011480018
IdRef ID
15205149X
MR Author ID
851638
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
93955
NL CR AUT ID
mub2011670479
NLab ID
Hector Zenil
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National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007595681005171
Parsifal cluster ID
513071
Scopus author ID
38863598800
Yale LUX ID
person/9b6b2ae3-7fee-466f-bce2-4445b0435e79
ZbMATH author ID
zenil.hector

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Affiliated with 14
University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, British Library, King's College London, Karolinska Institutet, University of Sheffield, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Francis Crick Institute +6 more
Author of 11
A Computable Measure of Algorithmic Probability by Finite Approximations with an Application to Integer Sequences, Algorithmically probable mutations reproduce aspects of evolution, such as convergence rate, genetic memory and modularity, Algorithmic Probability-Guided Machine Learning on Non-Differentiable Spaces, Assembly Theory is an approximation to algorithmic complexity based on LZ compression that does not explain selection or evolution, Causal deconvolution by algorithmic generative models, Complexity Measurement Based on Information Theory and Kolmogorov Complexity, Emergence and algorithmic information dynamics of systems and observers, Formal Definitions of Unbounded Evolution and Innovation Reveal Universal Mechanisms for Open-Ended Evolution in Dynamical Systems +3 more
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A Computable Measure of Algorithmic Probability by Finite Approximations with an Application to Integer Sequences, Algorithmically probable mutations reproduce aspects of evolution, such as convergence rate, genetic memory and modularity, Algorithmic Probability-Guided Machine Learning on Non-Differentiable Spaces, Assembly Theory is an approximation to algorithmic complexity based on LZ compression that does not explain selection or evolution, Causal deconvolution by algorithmic generative models, Complexity Measurement Based on Information Theory and Kolmogorov Complexity, Emergence and algorithmic information dynamics of systems and observers, Formal Definitions of Unbounded Evolution and Innovation Reveal Universal Mechanisms for Open-Ended Evolution in Dynamical Systems +3 more
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Summary

Hector Zenil was born on 1977[1]. He has worked as a researcher[2], mathematician[3], and computer scientist[4].

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What did Hector Zenil do for work?

Hector Zenil worked as a researcher[2], mathematician[3], and computer scientist[4].

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Alan Turing Institute Francis Crick Institute Karolinska Institutet Laboratory for Scientific Research for the Natural and Digital Sciences Turing Institute

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  1. [7] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. theses.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  8. [1] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987007595681005171
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Mathematics
    GND ID → 1011480018
    Doctoral student → Santiago Hernández-Orozco
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