Nando de Freitas
Nando de Freitas | |
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| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand, Trinity College, Cambridge |
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| 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ about (19 December 2013). "audioBoom / 'Deep learning' enabling computers to understand humans". Audioboo.fm. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Nando de Freitas". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ 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". Cs.ox.ac.uk. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "IJCAI 2013 Distinguished Papers | IJCAI 2013". Ijcai13.org. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Charles McDowell Award | Computer Science at UBC". Cs.ubc.ca. February 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Faculty Research Award Recipients | Office of the Vice President Research & International". 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "NYU Computer Science Department". Cs.nyu.edu. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ^ "Nando De Freitas : CIFAR". Cifar.ca. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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- Living people
- Zimbabwean scientists
- University of the Witwatersrand alumni
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
- Members of the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
- Fellows of Linacre College, Oxford
- Machine learning researchers
- Artificial intelligence researchers
- Google employees
- British computer scientists
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