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Yann LeCun

Yann LeCun

Chief AI Scientist / Meta / Silver Professor of Computer Science / New York University

CountryUSA
EducationPhD, Pierre and Marie Curie University
Known ForDeep Learning Pioneer, Turing Award Laureate, Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), AI Research, NYU Professor
Instagram8.2K
Twitter1.1M
YouTube8.57K
Facebook
LinkedIn1.1M
Artificial IntelligenceDeep LearningComputer ScienceResearch
Twitter Followers
1.1M
LinkedIn Followers
1.13M
Turing Award
2018
Years at NYU
21+ years
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About Yann LeCun

Yann LeCun is a French-American computer scientist and one of the founding fathers of deep learning, alongside Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton. He currently serves as the Chief AI Scientist at Meta (formerly Facebook) and is a Silver Professor at New York University (NYU). LeCun is best known for his work on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), which are foundational to modern computer vision and AI applications. He was awarded the 2018 Turing Award for his pioneering work in deep learning.

Education

Pierre and Marie Curie University
Pierre and Marie Curie University

PhD

1983 - 1987
Field of Study

PhD - Computer Science

ESIEE PARIS
ESIEE PARIS

Engineering Diploma

1978 - 1983
Field of Study

Engineering Diploma - Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Work Experience

Facebook
Facebook

VP & Chief AI Scientist at Meta

Oct 2021 - Present
Position

VP & Chief AI Scientist at Meta

Facebook
Facebook

VP & Chief AI Scientist

Mar 2018 - Oct 2021
Responsibilities

Scientific and technical leadership at Facebook AI Research, AI R&D strategy. VP & Chief AI Scientist

Facebook
Facebook

Director of AI Research

Dec 2013 - Feb 2018
Responsibilities

Director of Facebook AI Research (FAIR), with research locations in Menlo Park, New York City, and Paris, focused on bringing about major advances in AI.

Professor at NYU on a part-time basis (since January 2014).

Cofounder and advisor of Elements Inc. (biometrics), and Museami (music technology) Director of AI Research

New York University
New York University

Professor

Sep 2003 - Present
Responsibilities

Silver Professor of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (since 2006)

Professor of Neural Science, NYU Center for Neural Science (since 2007)

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYU School of Engineering (since 2011)

Professor of Data Science, NYU Center for Data Science (since 2013)

Founding Director of the NYU Center for Data Science (since 2013)

Research and teaching in machine learning, AI, data science, computer vision, robotics, computational neuroscience, and knowledge extraction from data,

Element Inc
Element Inc

Co-founder, Advisor

Jul 2012 - Present
Responsibilities

Elements develops software-based biometric authentication technology.

MuseAmi
MuseAmi

Cofounder and Chief Scientist

2007 - 2016
Responsibilities

Development of innovative software and hardware technology for, music production, music education, and musical entertainment. Products includes mobile apps such as Improvox, Hook'd and MusicPal.

YLC Consulting LLC
YLC Consulting LLC

Owner

Jan 2008 - Dec 2013
Responsibilities

Research, Development, and Technology Consulting in software, machine learning, machine vision, robotics, data mining, data modeling, statistical data analysis, OCR, data compression, music technology and related topics .

NEC Research Institute
NEC Research Institute

Fellow

Jan 2002 - Aug 2003
Responsibilities

Research in machine learning and computer vision.

AT&T Labs Research
AT&T Labs Research

Department Head

Jan 1996 - Jan 2002
Responsibilities

Head of the Image Processing Research Department.

Directed research in machine learning, pattern recognition, image compression, video compression, animated characters. Department members included Yoshua Bengio, Leon Bottou, Eric Cosatto, Hans-Peter Graf, Patrick Haffner, Fu Jie Huang, Jörn Ostermann, Patrice Simard, Vladimir Vapnik,

AT&T Bell Laboratories
AT&T Bell Laboratories

research staff member

Oct 1988 - Jan 1996
Responsibilities

Carried out research in machine learning, neural nets, optical character recognition, handwriting recognition, signature verification, integrated circuits for pattern recogntiion, and other topics. research staff member

AT&T Bell Laboratories
AT&T Bell Laboratories

Research Staff Member

1988 - 1996
Position

Research Staff Member

AT&T Bell Laboratories
AT&T Bell Laboratories

Research staff member

1988 - 1996
Position

Research staff member

THALES - Laboratoire Central de Recherche
THALES - Laboratoire Central de Recherche

research scientist

1991 - 1991
Position

research scientist

University of Toronto
University of Toronto

Research Associate (postdoc)

1987 - 1988
Responsibilities

postdoc in the Geoff Hinton's lab in the Department of Computer Science.

Key Highlights

Current Role

Chief AI Scientist at Meta

Academic Title

Silver Professor of Computer Science at NYU

Major Award

ACM Turing Award Laureate

Key Contribution

Pioneer of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)

Professional Profile

Yann LeCun is a foundational figure in Artificial Intelligence, renowned for his work on deep learning and convolutional neural networks. He holds dual roles as Chief AI Scientist at Meta and a Silver Professor at NYU, driving both industrial and academic research in the field.

Core Expertise

Artificial Intelligence

Deep Learning

Machine Learning

Computer Vision

Neural Networks

Professional Specialties

Research Management

Scientific Advising

Technology Consulting

R&D Strategy

Related Fields

Robotics

Data Science

Computational Neuroscience

Image Processing

Pattern Recognition

Social Media Presence

Twitter Followers

1.1M

Instagram Followers

8.2K

YouTube Subscribers

8.57K

Recent Posts

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2025-08-09
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Crested Guan.
Scientific name: penelope purpurascens.
#costaricaCrested Guan.
Scientific name: penelope purpurascens.
#costarica
Crested Guan. Scientific name: penelope purpurascens. #costarica

Crested Guan. Scientific name: penelope purpurascens. #costarica

2024-03-22
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Selfies and pictures around my keynote at AAAI yesterday.Selfies and pictures around my keynote at AAAI yesterday.
Selfies and pictures around my keynote at AAAI yesterday.

Selfies and pictures around my keynote at AAAI yesterday.

2024-02-25
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From Nikkei Shimbun:
“Leveraging Open Generative AI, Japanese Startups Introduce New Services in a MFrom Nikkei Shimbun:
“Leveraging Open Generative AI, Japanese Startups Introduce New Services in a M
From Nikkei Shimbun: “Leveraging Open Generative AI, Japanese Startups Introduce New Services in a M

From Nikkei Shimbun: “Leveraging Open Generative AI, Japanese Startups Introduce New Services in a Month Domestic startups are rapidly developing high-performance generative AI (artificial intelligen

2024-02-20
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Achievement unlocked:
A 100-meter portrait of me was displayed on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai tonight.Achievement unlocked:
A 100-meter portrait of me was displayed on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai tonight.
Achievement unlocked: A 100-meter portrait of me was displayed on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai tonight.

Achievement unlocked: A 100-meter portrait of me was displayed on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai tonight. I'm in Dubai for the World Government Summit.

2024-02-15
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- NYC when I left: rain.
- Paris when I left: rain.
- Dubai when I arrived: two solid days of rain a- NYC when I left: rain.
- Paris when I left: rain.
- Dubai when I arrived: two solid days of rain a
- NYC when I left: rain. - Paris when I left: rain. - Dubai when I arrived: two solid days of rain a

- NYC when I left: rain. - Paris when I left: rain. - Dubai when I arrived: two solid days of rain and thunderstorms. - local guy: restaurants, government buildings, and some roads are shut down. - m

2024-02-13
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