Jürgen Schmidhuber

German computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher
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Jürgen Schmidhuber

Summary

Jürgen Schmidhuber is a human[1]. His place of birth was Munich[2]. He was born on +1963-01-17T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a computer scientist[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], university teacher[6], and co-founder[7]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (278 views/month, #7,023 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Born in Munich[2], Jürgen Schmidhuber…
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber was born on +1963-01-17T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber held citizenship in Germany[9].
  • German was Jürgen Schmidhuber's native language[10].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber worked as a computer scientist[4].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber's professions included artificial intelligence researcher[5].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber worked as a university teacher[6].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber's professions included co-founder[7].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber's field of work was artificial intelligence[11].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber held the position of adjunct professor[12].
  • Among Jürgen Schmidhuber's employers was Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research[13].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber was employed by Technical University of Munich[14].
  • Among Jürgen Schmidhuber's employers was Università della Svizzera italiana[15].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber's doctoral advisor was Wilfried Brauer[16].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber's doctoral advisor was Klaus Schulten[17].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber received the IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[18].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber was a member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts[19].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber was a member of European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems[20].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber's image is recorded as Jürgen Schmidhuber, 2017 (cropped).jpg[21].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber is recorded as male[22].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber's instance of is recorded as human[23].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber supervised Alex Graves as a doctoral student[24].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber supervised Daan Wierstra as a doctoral student[25].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber supervised Marco A Wiering as a doctoral student[26].
  • Jürgen Schmidhuber supervised Denis Deratani Mauá as a doctoral student[27].

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Origins and Family

Jürgen Schmidhuber was born in Munich[2]. He was born on +1963-01-17T00:00:00Z[3]. German was his native language[10].

Education

Doctoral advisors include Wilfried Brauer[16], a computer scientist[28], 1937–2014[29], of Germany[30] and Klaus Schulten[17], a biophysicist[31], 1947–2016[32], awarded the Sidney Fernbach Award[33], specialised in physics[34]. Jürgen Schmidhuber earned the academic degree of doctorate[35].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], university teacher[6], and co-founder[7]. Jürgen Schmidhuber's field of work was artificial intelligence[11]. Employers include Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research[13], a research institute[36], in Switzerland[37], founded in 1988[38]; Technical University of Munich[14], an institute of technology[39], in Germany[40], founded in 1868[41], headquartered in Munich[42]; and Università della Svizzera italiana[15], a university[43], in Switzerland[44], founded in 1996[45]. He held the position of adjunct professor[12]. Doctoral students include Alex Graves[24], a computer scientist[46], b. 1976[47]; Daan Wierstra[25], an artificial intelligence researcher[48]; Marco A Wiering[26], a researcher[49], 1971–2021[50]; Denis Deratani Mauá[27], a university teacher[51], of Brazil[52], specialised in informatics[53]; and Jonathan Masci[54], a computer scientist[55].

Recognition

Jürgen Schmidhuber received the IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[18].

Why It Matters

Jürgen Schmidhuber ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (278 views/month, #7,023 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] He is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

He is credited with the discovery of long short-term memory[58].

His notable doctoral advisees include Alex Graves[59], a computer scientist[60], b. 1976[61]; Daan Wierstra[62], an artificial intelligence researcher[63]; and Jonathan Masci[64], a computer scientist[65].

FAQs

Where was Jürgen Schmidhuber born?

Born in Munich[2], Jürgen Schmidhuber…

What did Jürgen Schmidhuber do for work?

Jürgen Schmidhuber worked as computer scientist[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], university teacher[6], and co-founder[7].

What awards did Jürgen Schmidhuber receive?

Honors received include IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[18].

What did Jürgen Schmidhuber discover?

Jürgen Schmidhuber is credited as discoverer of long short-term memory[58].

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Class ancestry

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  2. [56] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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