Risto Miikkulainen

{{Short description|Finnish-American computer scientist}}

Risto Miikkulainen (born 16 December 1961) is a Finnish-American computer scientist and professor at the University of Texas at Austin.{{cite web |title=Risto Miikkulainen |url=https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/risto/ |website=The University of Texas at Austin}} He is also an AVP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant.{{cite web |title=Risto Miikkulainen |url=https://digitally.cognizant.com/author/risto-miikkulainen |website=Cognizant}} In 2023, he was elected an AAAI Fellow "for significant contribution to neuroevolution techniques and applications",{{Cite web|url=https://aaai.org/about-aaai/aaai-awards/the-aaai-fellows-program/elected-aaai-fellows/|title=Elected AAAI Fellows|website=AAAI}} and in 2016, named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) "for contributions to techniques and applications for neural and evolutionary computation".{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2016_elevated_fellows.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223105649/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2016_elevated_fellows.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 23, 2015|title=2016 elevated fellow|website=IEEE Fellows Directory}} He was elected a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in 2023.{{Cite web |title=Elected AAAI Fellows |url=https://aaai.org/about-aaai/aaai-awards/the-aaai-fellows-program/elected-aaai-fellows/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=AAAI |language=en-US}} Born in Helsinki, Finland, Miikkulainen has lived in the United States since 1986.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hs.fi/sunnuntai/art-2000006648465.html |title=Virustakin nopeampi |last=Larsen |first=Senja |date=27 September 2020 |website=Helsingin Sanomat |publisher=Sanoma |language=fi |access-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102053822/https://www.hs.fi/sunnuntai/art-2000006648465.html |archive-date=2 November 2020 |quote=Hän väitteli vuonna 1990 Kalifornian yliopistossa Los Angelesissa. Siitä lähtien hän on pysynyt Yhdysvalloissa.}}{{Cite web |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GVRL&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CCX2661577583&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GVRL&asid=646cbff9 |title=Miikkulainen, Risto Pekka |date=2007 |website=Gale eBooks |publisher=Gale |access-date=18 January 2023}}