Carnegie Mellon University
University of Ljubljana
Marc Tessier-LavigneProfessor of Biology · Stanford UniversityFounder↗
Researcher · Academic · Founder
Jure Leskovec
Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
Foundation Model Research at NVIDIA
Leskovec helped establish graph neural networks, which let AI learn from relationships between people, products or molecules. He co-developed GraphSAGE, a method for learning about new items in a network, and PyG, software widely used to build graph-based AI.
Career & education
Current rolesStanford University2009-presentProfessor of Computer ScienceNVIDIA2026-presentFoundation Model Research
Stanford University2009-presentNVIDIA2026-presentPreviously
Kumo2022-2026Co-founder and Chief Scientist
Pinterest2015-2022Chief Scientist
Cornell University2008-2009Postdoctoral Fellow
Kumo2022-2026Pinterest2015-2022Cornell University2008-2009Work 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.
citations269,299As of Oct 11, '26
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