Yann LeCun
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Summary
Yann LeCun was born on July 8, 1959[1], in Paris[2]. He has worked as a software engineer[3], electrical engineer[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], professor[6], and computer scientist[7]. He ranks in the top 0.47% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,721 views/month, #4,721 of 1,000,298).[8]
Key Facts
- Place of birth: Soisy-sous-Montmorency[9]
- Date of birth: 1961[10]
- Spouse: Isabelle Le Cun[11]
- Country of citizenship: France[12], United States[13]
- Field of work: computer science[14], deep learning[15], artificial intelligence[16]
- Employer: Meta[17], New York University[18], Bell Labs[19], Collège de France[20], New York University Tandon School of Engineering[21]
- Educated at: ESIEE Paris[22], University of Toronto[23], Sorbonne University[24]
- Doctoral advisor: Maurice Milgram[25]
- Award received: PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award[26], Harold Pender Award[27], Turing Award[28], honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne[29], AAAI Fellow[30], Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[31], IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[32], Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research[33], Knight of the Legion of Honour[34], ACM Fellow[35], honorary doctor of the University Côte d'Azur[36], Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering[37]
- Member of: National Academy of Sciences[38], Association for Computing Machinery[39]
- Religion or worldview: atheism[40]
- Sex or gender: male[41]
- Doctoral student: Raia Hadsell[42], Koray Kavukcuoglu[43], Marc'Aurelio Ranzato[44], Levent Sagun[45], Y-Lan Boureau[46], Piotr Wojciech Mirowski[47], Wojciech Zaremba[48]
- Commons category: Yann LeCun[49]
- Family name: Le Cun[50]
- Given name: Yann[51], André[52]
- Official website: http://yann.lecun.com[53]
- Described at URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/24/1054817/yann-lecun-bold-new-vision-future-ai-deep-learning-meta/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB[54]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: French[55]
- Affiliation: Facebook AI Research[56]
- Birth name: Yann LeCul[57]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Yann LeCun include LeNet-5[58].
Why It Matters
Yann LeCun has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] He is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
He is credited with the discovery of deep learning[61] and MNIST database[62], a data set[63]. Entities named for him include LeNet-5[58].
His notable doctoral advisees include Wojciech Zaremba[64], a mathematician[65], b. 1988[66], of Poland[67], awarded the Innovators Under 35[68], specialised in machine learning[69]; Y-Lan Boureau[70], a computer scientist[71]; Raia Hadsell[72], a computer scientist[73]; Xiang Zhang[74], an artificial intelligence researcher[75], specialised in machine learning[76]; Marc'Aurelio Ranzato[77], a computer scientist[78]; and Levent Sagun[79], a researcher[80], of Turkey[81].
FAQs
Where was Yann LeCun born?
Yann LeCun's place of birth was Paris[2].
Who was Yann LeCun married to?
Yann LeCun's spouses include Isabelle Le Cun[11].
What did Yann LeCun do for work?
Yann LeCun worked as a software engineer[3], electrical engineer[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], professor[6], and computer scientist[7].
Where did Yann LeCun go to school?
Yann LeCun was educated at ESIEE Paris[22], University of Toronto[23], and Sorbonne University[24].
What awards did Yann LeCun receive?
Honors received include PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award[26], Harold Pender Award[27], Turing Award[28], and honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne[29].
What did Yann LeCun discover?
Yann LeCun is credited as discoverer of deep learning[61] and MNIST database[62].