Jürgen Schmidhuber

German computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher
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Summary

Jürgen Schmidhuber was born on January 17, 1963[1], in Munich[2]. He has worked as a computer scientist[3], artificial intelligence researcher[4], university teacher[5], and co-founder[6]. He ranks in the top 0.7% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,980 views/month, #7,023 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Germany[8]
  • Native language: German[9]
  • Field of work: artificial intelligence[10]
  • Position held: adjunct professor[11]
  • Employer: Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research[12], Technical University of Munich[13], Università della Svizzera italiana[14], King Abdullah University of Science and Technology[15]
  • Doctoral advisor: Wilfried Brauer[16], Klaus Schulten[17]
  • Award received: IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[18]
  • Member of: European Academy of Sciences and Arts[19], European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems[20]
  • Sex or gender: male[21]
  • Doctoral student: Alex Graves[22], Daan Wierstra[23], Marco A Wiering[24], Denis Deratani Mauá[25], Jonathan Masci[26]
  • Commons category: Jürgen Schmidhuber[27]
  • Academic degree: doctorate[28]
  • Family name: Schmidhuber[29]
  • Given name: Jürgen[30]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: German[31], English[32]
  • Affiliation: Università della Svizzera italiana[33], Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research[34]
  • Name in native language: Jürgen Schmidhuber[35]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[36]
  • Social media followers: 50,982[37]

Why It Matters

Jürgen Schmidhuber has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] He is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

He is credited with the discovery of long short-term memory[40].

His notable doctoral advisees include Alex Graves[41], a computer scientist[42], b. 1976[43]; Daan Wierstra[44], an artificial intelligence researcher[45]; and Jonathan Masci[46], a computer scientist[47].

FAQs

Where was Jürgen Schmidhuber born?

Jürgen Schmidhuber's place of birth was Munich[2].

What did Jürgen Schmidhuber do for work?

Jürgen Schmidhuber worked as a computer scientist[3], artificial intelligence researcher[4], university teacher[5], and co-founder[6].

What awards did Jürgen Schmidhuber receive?

Honors received include IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[18].

What did Jürgen Schmidhuber discover?

Jürgen Schmidhuber is credited as discoverer of long short-term memory[40].

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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