Researcher · Academic
Rico Sennrich
University of ZurichAssociate Professor
Sennrich helped popularize the way most modern language models divide text into reusable pieces smaller than words. This allows models to handle rare and unfamiliar words efficiently and became a foundational technique in machine translation and large language models.
Career & education
Current roleUniversity of ZurichFeb 2026-presentAssociate Professor
University of ZurichFeb 2026-presentPreviously
University of Edinburgh2017-2022Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
University of Edinburgh2017-2022Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
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citations33,841As of Oct 20, '26
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