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Shun'ichi Amari

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Honorary Science Advisor at RIKEN

🇯🇵 Japanese

Amari founded information geometry, which uses the mathematics of curved spaces to study how learning systems change. He also introduced the natural gradient, an influential method that helps models find better solutions during training.

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Honorary Science Advisor
Born1936
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 24, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Jun 15, '2672,92570,70168,477Aug 25, '25Jun 15, '26
72,925citations as of Jun 15, '26+4,448 since Aug 25, '25
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