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Yann LeCun

Also Known As LeCun · YL Cun · Yann L. Cun · Y. LeCun · Y LeCun · Yann Andr? LeCun
Computing Methodologies

Yann Andre Le Cun, usually spelled LeCun, is a French-American computer scientist working in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, robotics and image compression. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1960 1
Birth Date
1960-07-08 1
Nationality
French-American 1
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Convolutional Neural Network, Concepts

Yann LeCun developed the convolutional neural network architecture, demonstrated in his LeNet work on handwritten digit recognition in the late 1980s and 1990s.

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The Convolutional Network That Learned to Read Checks, Articles
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1. Wikipedia: Yann LeCun
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    Yann André Le Cun ... usually spelled LeCun; born 8 July 1960) is a French-American computer scientist working in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, robotics and image compression.
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    8 July 1960
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    Yann André Le Cun ... usually spelled LeCun; born 8 July 1960) is a French-American computer scientist working in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, robotics and image compression.
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Yann LeCun (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: LeCun
    LeCun
  • Wikidata P166: Harold Pender Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Harold Pender Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Knight of the Legion of Honour
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Knight of the Legion of Honour.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of the University Côte d'Azur
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of the University Côte d'Azur.
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Turing Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Turing Award.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: AAAI Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): AAAI Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): PAMI Distinguished Researcher Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.
  • Wikidata P166: Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Wikidata P166: honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
    Wikidata P166 (award received): honorary doctor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
  • Wikidata alias: YL Cun
    YL Cun
  • Wikidata alias: Yann L. Cun
    Yann L. Cun
  • Wikidata alias: Y. LeCun
    Y. LeCun
  • Wikidata alias: Y LeCun
    Y LeCun
  • Wikidata alias: Yann Andr? LeCun
    Yann Andr? LeCun
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