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Aaron Courville

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Full Professor at Université de MontréalSenior Academic Member at MilaScientific Director at IVADO

🇨🇦 Canadian

Courville co-wrote the textbook that became a standard introduction to deep learning and contributed to the original paper on generative adversarial networks, where one model learns by trying to fool another. He has also helped make Montréal one of the world's leading centres for AI research.

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Current roles
Senior Academic Member
Scientific Director
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Sep 1, '26370,734339,489308,244Aug 25, '25Apr 15, '26Jun 15, '26Sep 1, '26
370,734citations as of Sep 1, '26+4,018 since Aug 1, '26
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