Canadian AI researcher
Ruslan Salakhutdinov (Russian : Руслан Салахутдинов ; born c. 1980) is a Canadian researcher of Tatar origin working in the field of artificial intelligence .
He specializes in deep learning , probabilistic graphical models , and large-scale optimization.[ 1]
Life
Salakhutdinov's doctoral advisor was Geoffrey Hinton .[ 2] artificial neural networks , which he dubbed "deep belief networks." This research made a large impact on the field of deep learning .[ 3]
He received his PhD in 2009.[ 4]
He is well known for having developed Bayesian Program Learning.[ 2]
Career
Salakhutdinov is a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University .[ 5]
Since 2009, he has published at least 42 papers on machine learning.[ 6]
Salakhutdinov joined Apple as its director of AI research in 2016 but left in 2020 to return to Carnegie Mellon University.[ 1] [ 7] [ 8]
In June 2023, Salakhutdinov joined Felix Smart which is a company that uses AI to take care for plants and animals as Board Director .[ 9]
Awards
He is a CIFAR fellow.[ 10]
References
^ a b "Apple's latest hire could signal a big shift in the company's approach to AI" . Retrieved 18 May 2017 .^ a b "When machines learn like humans - KurzweilAI" . www.kurzweilai.net . Retrieved 18 May 2017 .^ Metz, Cade (2022-02-15). Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World ISBN 978-1-5247-4269-0 ^ Salakhutdinov, Ruslan. "Ruslan Salakhutdinov" (PDF) . Ruslan Salakhutdinov . Retrieved 26 October 2022 . ^ Times, Tech (18 October 2016). "Apple Taps Carnegie Mellon AI Expert Ruslan Salakhutdinov: Siri Getting Beefed Up?" . Retrieved 18 May 2017 . ^ "Apple hires its first director of AI research" . Retrieved 18 May 2017 .^ Huateng, Ma; Zhaoli, Meng; Deli, Yan; Hualei, Wang (2021-01-25). The Chinese Digital Economy ISBN 978-981-336-005-1 ^ Mickle, Tripp; Chen, Brian X.; Metz, Cade (2024-05-10). "Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-05-11 . ^ Felix Smart Inc. "Felix Smart Appoints Ruslan Salakhutdinov to Board of Directors" . PRLog . Retrieved 2023-08-19 . ^ "Deep learning: Changing the playing field of artificial intelligence - MaRS" . Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2017 .
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