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Ian GoodfellowIan Goodfellow

Ian Goodfellow

Research Scientist / DeepMind

Ian Goodfellow is a highly influential American computer scientist and executive, best known as the inventor of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), a foundational concept in modern AI. He currently serves as a Research Scientist at DeepMind and has held significant roles at major tech companies including Director of Machine Learning at Apple's Special Projects Group, and various research positions at Google and OpenAI. He is also the lead author of the widely-cited textbook "Deep Learning."

PhD, Université de Montréal
United States
TwitterTwitter
LinkedInLinkedIn45.7K
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningDeep Learning
395K+
Citations
45.7K
LinkedIn Followers
5 (DeepMind, Apple, Google, OpenAI)
Companies Worked At
10+ years
Years of Experience
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Work Experience

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DeepMind

Research Scientist

Jun 2022 - Present
Position
Research Scientist
AppleApple
Apple

Director

Mar 2019 - May 2022
Responsibilities
I was Director of Machine Learning in the Special Projects Group.
GoogleGoogle
Google

Senior Staff Research Scientist

Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
Position
Senior Staff Research Scientist
GoogleGoogle
Google

Staff Research Scientist

Mar 2017 - Nov 2018
Position
Staff Research Scientist
OpenAIOpenAI
OpenAI

Research Scientist

Mar 2016 - Mar 2017
Position
Research Scientist
GoogleGoogle
Google

Senior Research Scientist

Nov 2015 - Mar 2016
Responsibilities
As a member of the Google Brain team, I work on deep learning, both in terms of basic research and in terms of improving products. I'm writing a textbook on deep learning along with my PhD thesis advisors: www.deeplearningbook.org
GoogleGoogle
Google

Research Scientist

Jul 2014 - Nov 2015
Responsibilities
During my first year and change at Google, I contributed to TensorFlow, designed a new method for generating adversarial examples and using them to improve neural networks, made a bunch of visualizations showing that neural network loss functions aren't full of scary obstacles after all, supervised intern Tianqi Chen as he developed a method for rapidly transferring knowledge between neural networks, and did many other fun deep learning-related things.
GoogleGoogle
Google

Software Engineering Intern

Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
Responsibilities
Worked with the Street Smart team to create a deep neural network capable of reading address numbers from Street View imagery. This system was used to add or update the location of over 100 million houses within the first few months of its deployment.
Willow GarageWillow Garage
Willow Garage

Summer Intern

2009 - 2009
Responsibilities
I had the good fortune to get to be an intern in this now-closed, iconic robotics institution.

Education

Université de MontréalUniversité de Montréal
Université de Montréal

PhD

2010 - 2014
Field of Study
PhD - Machine Learning
Stanford UniversityStanford University
Stanford University

Bachelor of Science, Master of Science

2004 - 2009
Field of Study
Bachelor of Science, Master of Science - Computer Science

Key Facts

Followers

45.7K+ followers on LinkedIn

Key Invention

Inventor of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)

Textbook Author

Lead author of the Deep Learning textbook

Education

PhD in Machine Learning from Université de Montréal

Expertise & Skills

Ian Goodfellow is a leading figure in the field of artificial intelligence, most famous for inventing Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). His career spans major tech companies and research institutions, focusing on deep learning and neural networks.

Core Expertise
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningDeep LearningNeural NetworksComputer Vision
Programming & Tools
PythonC++MatlabLaTeXCUDA

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