Nando de Freitas explained

Nando de Freitas
Birth Place:	Zimbabwe
Fields:	Computer science
Workplaces:	University of British Columbia, Oxford University
Alma Mater:	University of the Witwatersrand, Trinity College, Cambridge
Known For:	Machine Learning

Nando de Freitas is a researcher in the field of machine learning, and in particular in the subfields of neural networks, Bayesian inference and Bayesian optimization, and deep learning.^[1]

Biography

De Freitas was born in Zimbabwe. He did his undergraduate studies (1991–94) and MSc (1994–96) at the University of the Witwatersrand, and his PhD at Trinity College, Cambridge (1996-2000).^[2] From 2001, he was a professor at the University of British Columbia, before joining the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford from 2013 to 2017. He now works for Google's DeepMind.^[3]

Awards and recognition

De Freitas has been recognised for his contributions to machine learning through the following awards:

• Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Machine Learning (2016)
• Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Learning Representations (2016)
• Google Faculty Research Award (2014)^[4]
• Distinguished Paper Award at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (2013)^[5]
• Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research (2012)^{[6] [7]}
• Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems Young Researcher Award (2010)^{[8] [9]}

External links

• Nando de Freitas home page

Notes and References

1. Web site: about . audioBoom / 'Deep learning' enabling computers to understand humans . Audioboo.fm . 2013-12-19 . 2017-01-05.
2. Web site: Nando de Freitas . University of British Columbia . 1 August 2022.
3. Solving Intelligence and Machine Learning Fundamentals. www.thetalkingmachines.com. Talking Machines. Katherine Gorman and Ryan Adams . 11:30.
4. Web site: Nando de Freitas receives Google Faculty Research Award for his work on deep learning . Cs.ox.ac.uk . 2014-02-27 . 2017-01-05.
5. Web site: IJCAI 2013 Distinguished Papers | IJCAI 2013 . Ijcai13.org . 2017-01-05.
6. Web site: Charles McDowell Award | Computer Science at UBC . Cs.ubc.ca . February 2013. 2017-01-05.
7. Web site: Faculty Research Award Recipients Office of the Vice President Research & International. 2013-07-01. 2017-11-16. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701204728/http://www.research.ubc.ca/vpri/faculty-research-award-recipients. 2013-07-01.
8. Web site: NYU Computer Science Department . Cs.nyu.edu . 2017-01-05.
9. Web site: Nando De Freitas : CIFAR . Cifar.ca . 2017-01-05.