Yann LeCun

As Of	Value	Source	Fact ID
2018	Chief AI Scientist	ai.meta.com	f_DQUCjz4rhQ
2003	Silver Professor of Computer Science	en.wikipedia.org	f_rDiSYw96dg
1988	Research Scientist	en.wikipedia.org	f_4vHT9Lh28Q

Background

Birth Year1960—▶

As Of	Value	Source	Fact ID
—	1960	—	f_A9r9tPNCOQ

EducationPhD in Computer Science, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI, 1987); Diplome d'Ingenieur, ESIEE Paris—▶

As Of	Value	Source	Fact ID
—	PhD in Computer Science, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI, 1987); Diplome d'Ingenieur, ESIEE Paris	en.wikipedia.org	f_yL1aB2cD3e

Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WLN3QrAAAAAJ—▶

As Of	Value	Source	Fact ID
—	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WLN3QrAAAAAJ	—	f_4bmkyq2hx6

Notable ForPioneer of convolutional neural networks (CNNs); Chief AI Scientist at Meta; Turing Award 2018; vocal skeptic of AGI existential risk—▶

As Of	Value	Source	Fact ID
—	Pioneer of convolutional neural networks (CNNs); Chief AI Scientist at Meta; Turing Award 2018; vocal skeptic of AGI existential risk	en.wikipedia.org	f_yL4fG5hI6j

As Of	Value	Source	Fact ID
—	@ylecun	x.com	f_yL7kL8mN9o

Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_LeCun—▶

As Of	Value	Source	Fact ID
—	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_LeCun	—	f_38uo2p1lbe

Websitehttp://yann.lecun.com—▶

As Of	Value	Source	Fact ID
—	http://yann.lecun.com	—	f_4eqnc2klts

Organization	Title	Start	End	Source	Notes
University of Toronto	Postdoctoral Researcher	1987	1988	en.wikipedia.org	Postdoc with Geoffrey Hinton
AT&T Bell Laboratories	Research Scientist	1988	2003	en.wikipedia.org	Developed convolutional neural networks (LeNet) for handwritten check reading; deployed commercially at banks
New York University	Silver Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute	2003	—	en.wikipedia.org	Founded the NYU Center for Data Science in 2013; continues to hold this position alongside Meta role
meta-ai	Founding Director, FAIR; then Chief AI Scientist	Dec 2013	—	ai.meta.com	Founded Facebook AI Research (FAIR) in 2013; became Chief AI Scientist at Meta

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