Researcher
Alex Krizhevsky
Current role not listed
Krizhevsky designed and trained AlexNet, the 2012 network that won ImageNet by a wide margin and convinced the field that deep learning worked. He also built the CIFAR image datasets still used today, before largely stepping away from research.
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Education
University of TorontoAbout this data
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
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