Ruslan "Russ" Salakhutdinov
Salakhutdinov in 2016.

Ruslan "Russ" Salakhutdinov (Russian: Руслан Салахутдинов) is a Canadian researcher of Tatar origin working in the field of artificial intelligence.

He specializes in deep learning, probabilistic graphical models, and large-scale optimization.[1]

Life

Salakhutdinov's doctoral advisor was Geoffrey Hinton.[2] Salakhutdinov was considering quitting the field of artificial intelligence when he met Hinton in 2014, but changed his mind after Hinton asked him to take part in a project focused on a new way to train artificial neural networks, which he dubbed "deep belief networks." This research made a large impact on the field of deep learning.[3]

He received his PhD in 2009.[4]

He is well known for having developed Bayesian Program Learning.[2]

Career

Salakhutdinov is a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University.[5]

Since 2009, he has published at least 42 papers on machine learning.[6]

His research has been funded by Google, Microsoft and Samsung.[7] In 2016, Salakhutdinov joined Apple as its director of AI research.[1][8]

In June 2023, Salakhutdinov joined Felix Smart which is a company that uses AI to take care for plants and animals as Board Director.[9]

Awards

He is a CIFAR fellow.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Apple's latest hire could signal a big shift in the company's approach to AI". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "When machines learn like humans - KurzweilAI". www.kurzweilai.net. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ Metz, Cade (2022-02-15). Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World. Penguin. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-5247-4269-0.
  4. ^ Salakhutdinov, Ruslan. "Ruslan Salakhutdinov" (PDF). Ruslan Salakhutdinov. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  5. ^ Times, Tech (18 October 2016). "Apple Taps Carnegie Mellon AI Expert Ruslan Salakhutdinov: Siri Getting Beefed Up?". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Apple hires its first director of AI research". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Apple Hires Carnegie Mellon AI Academic to Push Machine Learning". 17 October 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2017 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  8. ^ Huateng, Ma; Zhaoli, Meng; Deli, Yan; Hualei, Wang (2021-01-25). The Chinese Digital Economy. Springer Nature. p. 57. ISBN 978-981-336-005-1.
  9. ^ Felix Smart Inc. "Felix Smart Appoints Ruslan Salakhutdinov to Board of Directors". PRLog. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  10. ^ "Deep learning: Changing the playing field of artificial intelligence - MaRS". Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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