Yann Le Cun

Summary

Yann Le Cun is a human^[1]. He was born in Soisy-sous-Montmorency^[2]. He was born on July 8, 1960^[3]. He worked as a software engineer^[4], electrical engineer^[5], computer scientist^[6], artificial intelligence researcher^[7], and professor^[8]. He ranks in the top 0.47% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,773 views/month, #4,721 of 1,000,298).^[9]

Key Facts

• Yann Le Cun's place of birth was Soisy-sous-Montmorency^[2].
• Yann Le Cun was born on July 8, 1960^[3].
• Yann Le Cun held citizenship in France^[10].
• Yann Le Cun held citizenship in United States^[11].
• Yann Le Cun worked as a software engineer^[4].
• Yann Le Cun's professions included electrical engineer^[5].
• Yann Le Cun worked as a computer scientist^[6].
• Yann Le Cun worked as an artificial intelligence researcher^[7].
• Yann Le Cun's professions included professor^[8].
• Yann Le Cun's field of work was computer science^[12].
• Yann Le Cun's field of work was deep learning^[13].
• Yann Le Cun's field of work was artificial intelligence^[14].
• Yann Le Cun was employed by Meta^[15].
• Yann Le Cun was employed by New York University^[16].
• Yann Le Cun was employed by Bell Labs^[17].
• Yann Le Cun was employed by Collège de France^[18].
• Among Yann Le Cun's employers was New York University Tandon School of Engineering^[19].
• Yann Le Cun was educated at ESIEE Paris^[20].
• Yann Le Cun's education included a stint at University of Toronto^[21].
• Yann Le Cun was educated at Sorbonne University^[22].
• Yann Le Cun's doctoral advisor was Maurice Milgram^[23].
• Yann Le Cun received the PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award^[24].
• Yann Le Cun received the Harold Pender Award^[25].
• Yann Le Cun received the Turing Award^[26].
• Yann Le Cun received the honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne^[27].

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Origins and Family

Yann Le Cun's place of birth was Soisy-sous-Montmorency^[2]. He was born on July 8, 1960^[3].

Education

Educated at ESIEE Paris^[20], an engineering college^[28], in France^[29], founded in 1904^[30], headquartered in Noisy-le-Grand^[31]; University of Toronto^[21], a public research university^[32], in Canada^[33], founded in 1827^[34], headquartered in Toronto^[35]; and Sorbonne University^[22], a university in France^[36], in France^[37], founded in 2018^[38], headquartered in Sorbonne^[39]. Yann Le Cun's doctoral advisor was Maurice Milgram^[23].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include software engineer^[4], electrical engineer^[5], computer scientist^[6], artificial intelligence researcher^[7], and professor^[8]. Fields of work include computer science^[12], an academic discipline^[40]; deep learning^[13]; and artificial intelligence^[14], a type of technology^[41]. Employers include Meta^[15], a public company^[42], in United States^[43], founded in 2004^[44], headquartered in Menlo Park^[45]; New York University^[16], a private university^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1831^[48], headquartered in New York City^[49]; Bell Labs^[17], a privately held company^[50], in United States^[51], founded in 1925^[52], headquartered in Murray Hill^[53]; Collège de France^[18], a higher education institution^[54], in France^[55], founded in 1530^[56], headquartered in Paris^[57]; and New York University Tandon School of Engineering^[19], a university^[58], in United States^[59], founded in 1854^[60]. Doctoral students include Raia Hadsell^[61], Koray Kavukcuoglu^[62], Marc'Aurelio Ranzato^[63], Levent Sagun^[64], Y-Lan Boureau^[65], and Piotr Wojciech Mirowski^[66].

Recognition

Awards received include PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award^[24], an award^[67]; Harold Pender Award^[25], an award^[68], in United States^[69], founded in 1972^[70]; Turing Award^[26], a science award^[71], in United States^[72], founded in 1966^[73]; honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne^[27], an award^[74], in Switzerland^[75]; AAAI Fellow^[76], a science award^[77], in United States^[78]; and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[79], a fellowship award^[80], in United States^[81], founded in 1874^[82].

Personal Life

Yann Le Cun's religion is recorded as atheism^[83].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Yann Le Cun include LeNet-5^[84].

Why It Matters

Yann Le Cun ranks in the top 0.47% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,773 views/month, #4,721 of 1,000,298).^[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[85] He is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[86]

He is credited with the discovery of deep learning^[87] and MNIST database^[88], a data set^[89]. Entities named for him include LeNet-5^[84].

His notable doctoral advisees include Wojciech Zaremba^[90], a mathematician^[91], b. 1988^[92], of Poland^[93], awarded the Innovators Under 35^[94], specialised in machine learning^[95]; Y-Lan Boureau^[96], a computer scientist^[97]; Raia Hadsell^[98], a computer scientist^[99]; Xiang Zhang^[100], an artificial intelligence researcher^[101], specialised in machine learning^[102]; Marc'Aurelio Ranzato^[103], a computer scientist^[104]; and Levent Sagun^[105], a researcher^[106], of Turkey^[107].

FAQs

Where was Yann Le Cun born?

Yann Le Cun was born in Soisy-sous-Montmorency^[2].

What did Yann Le Cun do for work?

Yann Le Cun worked as software engineer^[4], electrical engineer^[5], computer scientist^[6], artificial intelligence researcher^[7], and professor^[8].

Where did Yann Le Cun go to school?

Yann Le Cun was educated at ESIEE Paris^[20], University of Toronto^[21], and Sorbonne University^[22].

What awards did Yann Le Cun receive?

Honors received include PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award^[24], Harold Pender Award^[25], Turing Award^[26], and honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne^[27].

What did Yann Le Cun discover?

Yann Le Cun is credited as discoverer of deep learning^[87] and MNIST database^[88].