# Yoshua Bengio

**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/people/yoshua-bengio
**Profile type:** Person

## About

Yoshua Bengio is a prominent figure in deep learning and AI research, recognized for his conceptual and engineering breakthroughs in artificial neural networks. He is a co-founder of Element AI, a Turing Award laureate, and the founder and scientific director of Mila, Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. He is also a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Operations Research at Université de Montréal.

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- **Title:** Full Professor at Université de Montréal, Founder and Scientific Director of Mila
- **Social:**
  - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshua-bengio-37037b1

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