Yoshua Bengio
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Yoshua Bengio was born on March 5, 1964, in Paris[1][2]. He is an artificial intelligence researcher, professor, computer scientist, and information scientist[3][4]. His educational background includes studies at McGill University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[5]. He has been employed at the Université de Montréal since 1993[6].
His professional work focuses on deep learning, artificial intelligence, and informatics[7][4]. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards, including the Acfas Urgel-Archambeault Award, Officer of the Order of Canada, Prix Marie-Victorin, Turing Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and AAAI Fellow, among others[8][9][10][11][12][13]. He holds memberships in the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Society, and the Association for Computing Machinery[13][14].
Key Facts
- Country of citizenship: Canada[8], France[9]
- Field of work: deep learning[10], artificial intelligence[11], informatics[12]
- Employer: Université de Montréal[13]
- Educated at: McGill University[14], Massachusetts Institute of Technology[15]
- Doctoral advisor: Renato De Mori[16]
- Student: Ian J. Goodfellow[17]
- Award received: Acfas Urgel-Archambeault Award[18], Officer of the Order of Canada[19], Prix Marie-Victorin[20], Turing Award[21], Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada[22], AAAI Fellow[23], Knight of the Legion of Honour[24], Fellow of the Royal Society[25], IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[26], Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research[27], ACM Fellow[28], VinFuture Prize[29], Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering[30], Officer of the National Order of Quebec[31]
- Member of: Royal Society of Canada[32], Royal Society[33], Association for Computing Machinery[34]
- Religion or worldview: Judaism[35]
- Sex or gender: male[36]
- Doctoral student: Hugo Larochelle[37], Dzmitry Bahdanau[38], Razvan Pascanu[39]
- Commons category: Yoshua Bengio[40]
- Residence: Montreal[41]
- Family name: Bengio[42]
- Given name: Yoshua[43]
- Official website: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~bengioy/yoshua_en/index.html[44], https://yoshuabengio.org/fr/[45], https://yoshuabengio.org/[46]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: English[47], French[48]
- Affiliation: Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle[49]
- Different from: Samy Bengio[50]
Why It Matters
Yoshua Bengio has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] He is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
He has been cited as an influence by Bonaventure F. P. Dossou[53], a researcher[54], of Benin[55], awarded the Lacuna Fund[56], specialised in natural language processing[57].
His notable doctoral advisees include Ian Goodfellow[58], a computer scientist[59], b. 1987[60], of United States[61], specialised in deep learning[62]; Joumana Ghosn[63], a computer scientist[64]; Hugo Larochelle[65], a teacher[66], specialised in machine learning[67]; Pascal Vincent[68], a computer scientist[69], b. 2000[70], specialised in machine learning[71]; Steven Pigeon[72], a computer scientist[73], of Canada[74]; and Charles Dugas[75], a computer scientist[76].
FAQs
Where was Yoshua Bengio born?
Yoshua Bengio was born in Paris[2].
What did Yoshua Bengio do for work?
Yoshua Bengio worked as an artificial intelligence researcher[3], professor[4], computer scientist[5], and information scientist[6].
Where did Yoshua Bengio go to school?
Yoshua Bengio was educated at McGill University[14] and Massachusetts Institute of Technology[15].
What awards did Yoshua Bengio receive?
Honors received include Acfas Urgel-Archambeault Award[18], Officer of the Order of Canada[19], Prix Marie-Victorin[20], and Turing Award[21].
Who did Yoshua Bengio influence?
Yoshua Bengio has been cited as an influence by Bonaventure F. P. Dossou[53].