Nando de Freitas

Nando de Freitas is a researcher in the field of machine learning, and in particular in the subfields of neural networks, Bayesian inference and Bayesian optimization, and deep learning.[1]

Nando de Freitas
Born
Zimbabwe
Alma materUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Trinity College, Cambridge
Known forMachine Learning
AwardsDistinguished Paper Award at the International Joint Conference on Artificial intelligence (2013), Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research (2012), Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems Young Researcher Award (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsUniversity of British Columbia, Oxford University
Doctoral advisorAndrew Gee, Mahesan Niranjan, Christophe Andrieu, and Arnaud Doucet

Biography

De Freitas was born in Zimbabwe. He did his undergraduate studies and MSc at the University of the Witwatersrand, and his PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge. From 2001, he was a Professor at the University of British Columbia, before joining the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford from 2013 to 2017. He now works for Google's DeepMind.[2]

Awards and recognition

De Freitas has been recognised for his contributions to machine learning through the following awards:

References
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  2. Katherine Gorman and Ryan Adams. "Solving Intelligence and Machine Learning Fundamentals". www.thetalkingmachines.com (Podcast). Talking Machines. Event occurs at 11:30.
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  4. "IJCAI 2013 Distinguished Papers | IJCAI 2013". Ijcai13.org. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  5. "Charles McDowell Award | Computer Science at UBC". Cs.ubc.ca. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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