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Christopher M. Bishop

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Technical Fellow and Director at Microsoft ResearchProfessor at University of Edinburgh

🇬🇧 British

Bishop wrote "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning," the textbook that trained a generation in probabilistic methods. He leads AI research at Microsoft and is a professor at the University of Edinburgh.

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Current roles
Technical Fellow and Director
Born1959
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: July 23, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Sep 1, '26175,390167,500159,610Aug 25, '25Apr 15, '26Jun 15, '26Sep 1, '26
175,390citations as of Sep 1, '26+1,551 since Aug 1, '26
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