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Hugo Larochelle

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Scientific Director at Mila

🇨🇦 Canadian

Larochelle has influenced deep learning both through research and through the classroom: his freely available lectures helped teach a generation of students entering the field. After nearly a decade leading research at Google, he became Mila's Scientific Director, guiding one of the world's largest academic AI communities.

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Scientific Director
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Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Sep 1, '26120,383110,774101,164Aug 25, '25Jun 15, '26Jul 1, '26Sep 1, '26
120,383citations as of Sep 1, '26+7,835 since Aug 1, '26
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