Rob Fergus

computer scientist, Facebook AI Research
Person human Q44652266
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Rob Fergus

Summary

Rob Fergus is a human[1]. He worked as a researcher[2]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[3]

Key Facts

  • Rob Fergus worked as a researcher[2].
  • Among Rob Fergus's employers was New York University[4].
  • Rob Fergus's education included a stint at University of Oxford[5].
  • Rob Fergus's doctoral advisor was Andrew Zisserman[6].
  • Rob Fergus's doctoral advisor was Pietro Perona[7].
  • Rob Fergus is recorded as male[8].
  • Rob Fergus's instance of is recorded as human[9].
  • Rob Fergus supervised Wojciech Zaremba as a doctoral student[10].
  • Rob Fergus supervised Matthew D. Zeiler as a doctoral student[11].
  • Rob Fergus's ISNI is recorded as 0000000134599777[12].
  • Rob Fergus's Mathematics Genealogy Project ID is recorded as 210102[13].
  • Rob Fergus's family name is recorded as Fergus[14].
  • Rob Fergus's given name is recorded as Robert[15].
  • Rob Fergus's official website is recorded as https://cs.nyu.edu/~fergus/[16].
  • Rob Fergus's affiliation is recorded as Facebook AI Research[17].
  • Rob Fergus's Google Scholar author ID is recorded as GgQ9GEkAAAAJ[18].
  • Rob Fergus's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11gdqk9z3m[19].

Body

Education

Rob Fergus was educated at University of Oxford[5]. Doctoral advisors include Andrew Zisserman[6], a computer scientist[20], b. 1957[21], of United Kingdom[22], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[23], specialised in computer science[24] and Pietro Perona[7], a computer scientist[25], b. 1961[26], of United States[27], specialised in computer science[28].

Career and Affiliations

Rob Fergus worked as a researcher[2]. Among his employers was New York University[4]. Doctoral students include Wojciech Zaremba[10], a mathematician[29], b. 1988[30], of Poland[31], awarded the Innovators Under 35[32], specialised in machine learning[33] and Matthew D. Zeiler[11], an artificial intelligence researcher[34].

Why It Matters

Rob Fergus ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month, #7,291 of 1,000,298).[3]

FAQs

What did Rob Fergus do for work?

Rob Fergus worked as researcher[2].

Where did Rob Fergus go to school?

Rob Fergus was educated at University of Oxford[5].

References

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  9. [11] . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
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  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  10. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [3] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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