Notable Computing Experts
1. Fei-Fei Li
A professor at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Human-Centered AI Institute. Fei-Fei Li is known for her work in AI and human vision, especially in ImageNet, which significantly impacted the field of deep learning. She’s also a co-founder of AI4ALL, a non-profit dedicated to increasing diversity in the AI field.
2. Tim Berners-Lee
He’s the inventor of the World Wide Web and continues to influence computing with his work on data privacy and control with his project, Solid. His perspectives on the future of the internet are worth following.
3. Geoff Hinton
A pioneer in the field of deep learning and neural networks, Hinton’s work has been instrumental in bringing about the current AI boom. He currently splits his time between the University of Toronto and Google Brain.
4. Andrew Ng
Known for his time at Google, where he helped establish Google Brain, and Baidu, where he served as Chief Scientist. Andrew Ng has been instrumental in the development of machine learning and AI. He’s also a co-founder of Coursera, and his courses on machine learning are extremely popular.
5. Timnit Gebru
A notable expert in the field of artificial intelligence, specifically in ethical AI, AI bias, and computer vision.
6. Judea Pearl
A computer scientist and philosopher, known for his development of Bayesian networks and the causal interpretation of graphical models. He also made significant contributions to the theory of causal and counterfactual inference.
7. Yann LeCun
A French computer scientist known for his work in machine learning, computer vision, mobile robotics, and computational neuroscience. He is a Silver Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and the Vice President, Chief AI Scientist at Facebook.
8. Manuela M. Veloso
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