Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania
Murray ShanahanPrincipal Scientist · Google DeepMindResearcher↗
Researcher · Academic · Founder
James L. McClelland
Stanford UniversityProfessor
Google DeepMindPrincipal Researcher
McClelland co-authored Parallel Distributed Processing, which argued that intelligence can emerge from many simple processing units learning together. The work established connectionism as a major account of human cognition and supplied an intellectual foundation for modern neural networks.
Career & education
Current rolesStanford University2006-presentProfessorGoogle DeepMind2019-presentPrincipal Researcher
Stanford University2006-presentGoogle DeepMind2019-presentPreviously
Carnegie Mellon University1984-2006Professor
Carnegie Mellon University1984-2006Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations149,061As of Nov 1, '26
citations+704Since last snapshot, Oct 1, '26
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