Google
Thinking Machines Lab
University of Pennsylvania
Pengchuan ZhangResearcher
OpenAI
via OpenAI
Researcher
Samuel Schoenholz
SS
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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