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Yoshua Bengio

Canadian computer scientist (born 1964) · Canada · Academics

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Yoshua Bengio is a Canadian computer scientist, and a pioneer of artificial neural networks and deep learning. He is a professor at the Université de Montréal and co-president and scientific director of the nonprofit LawZero.

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2025Queen Elizabeth Prize for EngineeringAward2024“Maybe already the next generation [of tools] that is coming in 2024 could be very dangerous. Governments need to start preparing for this.”In their wordsAs quoted in AI: Doomers and tech bosses at odds at Bletchley Park summit

VinFuture PrizeAward2023ACM FellowAward2022Knight of the Legion of HonourAwardPrincess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific ResearchAward2020AAAI FellowAwardFellow of the Royal SocietyAward2019IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer AwardAward2018Turing AwardAward2017Fellow of the Royal Society of CanadaAwardOfficer of the Order of CanadaAwardPrix Marie-VictorinAward2009Acfas Urgel-Archambeault AwardAward1964Born5 March 1964

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  1. Maybe already the next generation [of tools] that is coming in 2024 could be very dangerous. Governments need to start preparing for this.

    2024, As quoted in AI: Doomers and tech bosses at odds at Bletchley Park summit, Own words

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Awards

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering2025
VinFuture Prize2024
ACM Fellow2023
Knight of the Legion of Honour2022
Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research2022
AAAI Fellow2020
Fellow of the Royal Society2020
IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award2019
Turing Award2018
Officer of the Order of Canada2017
Prix Marie-Victorin2017
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada2017
Acfas Urgel-Archambeault Award2009
Officer of the National Order of Quebec

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Sibling: Samy Bengio

About this person

Yoshua Bengio is a Canadian computer scientist, and a pioneer of artificial neural networks and deep learning. He is a professor at the Université de Montréal and co-president and scientific director of the nonprofit LawZero. He founded Mila, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute, and was its scientific director until 2025.

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Canada
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1964 · age 62

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