Google
Thinking Machines Lab
Swarthmore College
University of Pennsylvania
Pengchuan ZhangMember of Technical Staff · OpenAIResearcher↗SS
Researcher
Samuel Schoenholz
Schoenholz helped develop the mathematical theory of extremely wide neural networks, giving researchers a clearer picture of how depth and initialization affect learning. He also built JAX-based tools that made this theory easier to test in practice, then moved between Google, Thinking Machines, and OpenAI.
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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.
citations36,621As of Jun 15, '26
citations+524Since last snapshot, Aug 25, '25
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