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Kenton Lee

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Research Scientist at Google DeepMind

🇺🇸 American

Lee co-created BERT and developed systems for resolving references in text—for example, determining which person “she” or “he” refers to across a document. He also helped build language models that retrieve supporting passages before answering questions.

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Background

Current role
Research Scientist 2023-present
Previously
2017-2023Research Scientist,
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 7, 2026

Citation Trend

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Sep 1, '26212,272186,620160,967Aug 25, '25Apr 15, '26Jun 15, '26Sep 1, '26
212,272citations as of Sep 1, '26+7,682 since Aug 1, '26
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