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Yoshua Bengio

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Birth Year
1964

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Background

Birth Year1964—view →
EducationMcGill University; McGill University; McGill University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology—view →
Notable ForDeep learning pioneer; now AI safety advocateMar 2026view →
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshua_Bengio—view →

General

Websitehttps://yoshuabengio.org/—view →

Career History

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OrganizationTitleStartSourceNotesSource check
Mila - Quebec AI InstituteFounder & Scientific Director1993mila.quebecFounded MILA (originally LISA lab) which became the Quebec AI Institute; prominent AI safety advocateNot checked
University of MontrealProfessor of Computer Science1993en.wikipedia.orgFull professor at Université de Montréal; pioneer of deep learning; Turing Award 2018 with Hinton and LeCunNot checked
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