Biography:Nando de Freitas
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Nando de Freitas | |
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| Born | Zimbabwe |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand, Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Machine Learning |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia, Oxford University |
Nando de Freitas is a researcher in the field of machine learning, and in particular in the subfields of neural networks, Bayesian inference and Bayesian optimization, and deep learning.[1]
Biography
De Freitas was born in Zimbabwe. He did his undergraduate studies (1991–94) and MSc (1994–96) at the University of the Witwatersrand, and his PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge (1996-2000).[2] From 2001, he was a professor at the University of British Columbia, before joining the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford from 2013 to 2017. He now works for Google's DeepMind.[3]
Awards and recognition
De Freitas has been recognised for his contributions to machine learning through the following awards:
- Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Machine Learning (2016)
- Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Learning Representations (2016)
- Google Faculty Research Award (2014)[4]
- Distinguished Paper Award at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (2013)[5]
- Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research (2012)[6][7]
- Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems Young Researcher Award (2010)[8][9]
References
- ↑ about (2013-12-19). "audioBoom / 'Deep learning' enabling computers to understand humans". https://audioboo.fm/boos/1808330-deep-learning-enabling-computers-to-understand-humans. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ↑ "Nando de Freitas". https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~nando/biography.html.
- ↑ Katherine Gorman and Ryan Adams. "Solving Intelligence and Machine Learning Fundamentals". www.thetalkingmachines.com (Podcast). Talking Machines. Event occurs at 11:30.
- ↑ "Nando de Freitas receives Google Faculty Research Award for his work on deep learning". 2014-02-27. http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/761-full.html. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ↑ "IJCAI 2013 Distinguished Papers | IJCAI 2013". http://ijcai13.org/program/distinguished_papers. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ↑ "Charles McDowell Award | Computer Science at UBC". February 2013. https://www.cs.ubc.ca/award/2013/02/charles-mcdowell-award. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ↑ "Faculty Research Award Recipients | Office of the Vice President Research & International". 2013-07-01. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701204728/http://www.research.ubc.ca/vpri/faculty-research-award-recipients.
- ↑ "NYU Computer Science Department". http://www.cs.nyu.edu/webapps/spring2013/colloquia/150. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ↑ "Nando De Freitas : CIFAR". http://www.cifar.ca/nando-de-freitas. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
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