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Ian Goodfellow

1987 - Today

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Ian J. Goodfellow (born 1987) is an American computer scientist, engineer, and executive, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks and deep learning. He is a research scientist at Google DeepMind, was previously employed as a research scientist at Google Brain and director of machine learning at Apple as well as one of the first employees at OpenAI, and has made several important contributions to the field of deep learning, including the invention of the generative adversarial network (GAN). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Goodfellow has received more than 1,046,145 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Goodfellow is the 243rd most popular computer scientist, the 19,164th most popular biography from United States and the 125th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Ian Goodfellow ranks 243 out of 245. Before him are David Karp, John Resig, Dries Buytaert, Rosalind Picard, Manindra Agrawal, and Virgil Griffith. After him are Jamie Zawinski, Blake Ross, Arfa Karim, and Coraline Ada Ehmke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Ian Goodfellow ranks 1,326. Before him are Lars Haugen, Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel, Dario Vidošić, Takuma Abe, Amaury Bischoff, and Alex Gough. After him are Carlos Carmona, Diego Macedo, Divya Khosla Kumar, Maša Zec Peškirič, Robert Snodgrass, and Kaj Hendriks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ian Goodfellow ranks 19,164 out of 20,380. Before him are Trevor Wright (1982), Anna Goodale (1983), Taylor Hicks (1976), Ian Nelson (1995), Steve Blake (1980), and Antonio Daniels (1975). After him are Emjay Anthony (2003), Bianca Santos (1990), Calvin Johnson (1985), Steve Huffman (1983), Adam Rippon (1989), and Brian Maisonneuve (1973).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Ian Goodfellow ranks 125. Before him are Theodore Ts'o (1968), Katie Bouman (1989), David Karp (1986), John Resig (1984), Rosalind Picard (1962), and Virgil Griffith (1983). After him are Jamie Zawinski (1968), and Blake Ross (1985).

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