Yann LeCun
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Yann LeCun is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work in deep learning and convolutional neural networks, which has profoundly shaped modern artificial intelligence.
Aliases (2)
- LeCun ×2
- Yann André LeCun ×2
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer scientist
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machine learning researcher → person → researcher → |
| almaMater |
ESIEE Paris
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Université Paris Cité →
surface form: "Université Pierre et Marie Curie"
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| awardReceived |
IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award
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Légion d'honneur →
surface form: "Legion of Honour"
Lovie Lifetime Achievement Award → Milner Award and Lecture →
surface form: "Royal Society Milner Award"
Turing Award → |
| birthDate | 1960-07-08 → |
| birthPlace | Soisy-sous-Montmorency, France → |
| citizenship | France → |
| coined | LeNet → |
| degree | PhD in computer science → |
| developed | LeNet-5 convolutional neural network architecture → |
| doctoralAdvisor | Maurice Milgram → |
| employer |
Bell Telephone Laboratories
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surface form: "AT&T Bell Labs"
Facebook → Facebook →
surface form: "Meta Platforms"
NEC Research Institute → New York University → |
| familyName |
Yann LeCun
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surface form: "LeCun"
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| field |
artificial intelligence
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computer science → computer vision → deep learning → machine learning → |
| fullName |
Yann LeCun
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surface form: "Yann André LeCun"
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| givenName | Yann → |
| knownFor |
LeNet
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convolutional neural networks → deep learning → energy-based models → gradient-based learning for document recognition → self-supervised learning advocacy → |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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surface form: "French Academy of Sciences"
National Academy of Engineering →
surface form: "US National Academy of Engineering"
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| nationality | French → |
| position |
Chief AI Scientist at Meta
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Founding Director of the NYU Center for Data Science → Professor at New York University → |
| researchInterest |
autonomous intelligence
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energy-based models → representation learning → self-supervised learning → |
| turingAwardCoRecipient |
Geoffrey Hinton
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Yoshua Bengio → |
| turingAwardFor | conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing → |
| turingAwardYear | 2018 → |
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subject surface form: "Yoshua Bengio"
subject surface form: "Yann LeCun"
this entity surface form: "Yann André LeCun"
this entity surface form: "LeCun"
this entity surface form: "Yann André LeCun"
subject surface form: "Yann LeCun"
this entity surface form: "LeCun"
subject surface form: "Soisy-sous-Montmorency"