Ruslan Salakhutdinov
{{Short description|Canadian AI researcher}}
{{confused|Ruslan Salakhutdinov (footballer)}}
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| image = Russ Salakhutdinov.jpg
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| caption = Salakhutdinov in 2016
| birth_date = {{abbr|c.|circa}} {{birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Father Ravil Salahutdinov born in 1949.
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| fields = Computer science
Artificial intelligence
| workplaces = Carnegie Mellon University
| alma_mater = University of Toronto
| thesis_title = Learning deep generative models
| thesis_url = https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/permalink/01UTORONTO_INST/14bjeso/alma991106499151406196
| thesis_year = 2009
| doctoral_advisor = Geoffrey Hinton
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Ruslan Salakhutdinov ({{langx|ru|Руслан Салахутдинов}}; born {{abbr|c.|circa}} 1980) is a Canadian researcher of Tatar origin working in the field of artificial intelligence.
He specializes in deep learning, probabilistic graphical models, and large-scale optimization.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/Apples-latest-hire-could-signal-a-big-shift-in-the-companys-approach-to-AI/articleshow/54904134.cms|title=Apple's latest hire could signal a big shift in the company's approach to AI|publisher=|accessdate=18 May 2017}}
Life
Salakhutdinov's doctoral advisor was Geoffrey Hinton.{{cite web|url=http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-machines-learn-like-humans|title=When machines learn like humans - KurzweilAI|first=|last=|website=www.kurzweilai.net|accessdate=18 May 2017}} Salakhutdinov was considering quitting the field of artificial intelligence when he met Hinton in 2004, but changed his mind after Hinton asked him to take part in a project focused on a new way to train artificial neural networks, which he dubbed "deep belief networks." This research made a large impact on the field of deep learning.{{Cite book |last=Metz |first=Cade |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JKxPEAAAQBAJ&dq=russ+salakhutdinov&pg=PA63 |title=Genius Makers: The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World |date=2022-02-15 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-5247-4269-0 |pages=63 |language=en}}
He received his PhD in 2009.{{cite web |last1=Salakhutdinov |first1=Ruslan |title=Ruslan Salakhutdinov |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rsalakhu/cv_web.pdf |website=Ruslan Salakhutdinov |access-date=26 October 2022}}
He is well known for having developed Bayesian Program Learning.
Career
Salakhutdinov is a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University.{{cite web|url=http://www.techtimes.com/articles/182672/20161018/apple-taps-carnegie-mellon-ai-expert-ruslan-salakhutdinov-siri-getting-beefed-up.htm|title=Apple Taps Carnegie Mellon AI Expert Ruslan Salakhutdinov: Siri Getting Beefed Up?|first=Tech|last=Times|date=18 October 2016|publisher=|accessdate=18 May 2017}}
Since 2009, he has published at least 42 papers on machine learning.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-has-hired-its-first-director-of-ai-research/|title=Apple hires its first director of AI research|publisher=|accessdate=18 May 2017}}
Salakhutdinov joined Apple as its director of AI research in 2016 but left in 2020 to return to Carnegie Mellon University.{{Cite book |last1=Huateng |first1=Ma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ioXEAAAQBAJ&dq=russ+salakhutdinov&pg=PA57 |title=The Chinese Digital Economy |last2=Zhaoli |first2=Meng |last3=Deli |first3=Yan |last4=Hualei |first4=Wang |date=2021-01-25 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-981-336-005-1 |pages=57 |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Mickle |first=Tripp |last2=Chen |first2=Brian X. |last3=Metz |first3=Cade |date=2024-05-10 |title=Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/business/apple-siri-ai-chatgpt.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
In June 2023, Salakhutdinov joined Felix Smart which is a company that uses AI to take care for plants and animals as Board Director.{{Cite web |last=Felix Smart Inc |title=Felix Smart Appoints Ruslan Salakhutdinov to Board of Directors |url=https://www.prlog.org/12970020-felix-smart-appoints-ruslan-salakhutdinov-to-board-of-directors.html |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=PRLog}}
Awards
He is a CIFAR fellow.{{cite web|url=https://www.marsdd.com/mars-library/deep-learning-changing-the-playing-field-of-artificial-intelligence/|title=Deep learning: Changing the playing field of artificial intelligence - MaRS|publisher=|accessdate=18 May 2017|archive-date=17 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117013305/https://www.marsdd.com/mars-library/deep-learning-changing-the-playing-field-of-artificial-intelligence/|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rsalakhu/}}
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