Institutions Oxford University Fields Computer Science | Name Nando Freitas Known for Machine Learning | |
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Doctoral advisor Andrew Gee, Mahesan Niranjan, Christophe Andrieu, and Arnaud Doucet Notable awards Distinguished 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) People also search for Arnaud Doucet, Mahesan Niranjan, Christophe Andrieu | ||
Deep learning lecture 1 introduction
Nando de Freitas is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. De Freitas is noted as an authority in the field of machine learning, and in particular in the subfields of neural networks, Bayesian inference and Bayesian optimization, and deep learning.
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- Deep learning lecture 1 introduction
- Nando de freitas bayesian optimization
- Biography
- Awards and recognition
- References
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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 in 2013 and additionally works for Google's DeepMind.
Awards and recognition
De Freitas has been recognised for his contributions to machine learning through the following awards:
