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Shun'ichi Amari

RIKENHonorary Science Advisor

🇯🇵 JapaneseBorn 1936

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

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

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.
2 snapshots
Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Jun 15, '2672,92570,70168,477Aug 252025Jun 152026
citations72,925As of Jun 15, '26
citations+4,448Since last snapshot, Aug 25, '25
For today’s citation count and per work, visit Google Scholar.
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