Yoshua Bengio
Speaker at AMLD Africa 2022
Yoshua Bengio is recognized worldwide as one of the leading experts in artificial intelligence, best known for his pioneering work in deep learning. His contributions earned him the 2018 A.M. Turing Award, often referred to as *the Nobel Prize of Computing*, alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun.
He is a Full Professor at Université de Montréal and serves as the Founder and Scientific Director of Mila – Quebec AI Institute. He also co-directs the CIFAR *Learning in Machines & Brains* program as a Senior Fellow and acts as the Scientific Director of IVADO.
In 2019, he was honored with the prestigious Killam Prize, and in 2022, he became the computer scientist with the highest h-index in the world. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of London and the Royal Society of Canada and has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Concerned about AI's societal impact and ensuring it benefits all, he played a key role in the development of the Montreal Declaration for the Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence.
At AMLD Africa
UM6P, Ben Guerir, Morocco
Machine Learning for Scientific Discovery
Machine learning research is expanding its reach, beyond the traditional realm of tech industry and into the activities of other scientists, opening the door to truly transformative advances in these disciplines.
