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#2ResearcherFoundation Models & LLMs
Yoshua Bengio
Mila / Université de Montréal
Biography
Turing Award 2018. Scientific Director of Mila. Pioneer of attention mechanisms and generative models. Major AI safety advocate.
Key Influence
Most-cited computer scientist alive. Pioneered attention mechanisms that led to transformers.
Awards & Recognition
2018 Turing Award, Officer of the Order of Canada, highest H-index in CS