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Jürgen Schmidhuber was born on January 17, 1963 in Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany and is credited as a computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher and university teacher. Jürgen Schmidhuber is 63 years old as of 2026. Schooling on record includes Technical University of Munich. Awards on record include IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award (2016).
My Take
I hold Jürgen Schmidhuber in genuine awe. Long before deep learning became fashionable, he and his collaborators built the foundations that much of modern AI quietly rests upon. From the Technical University of Munich to his long tenure in Switzerland, he pursued ideas that the field would only catch up to years later. He is famous for forcefully claiming credit, but I read that not as vanity so much as the frustration of a pioneer who arrived early. Any honest account of artificial intelligence's history has to reckon seriously with his contributions.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jürgen Schmidhuber
- Name (Japanese)
- ユルゲン・シュミットフーバー
- Reading
- ゆるげん・しゅみっとふーばー
- Born
- January 17, 1963 (age 63)
- Origin
- Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany
- Occupation
- computer scientist / artificial intelligence researcher / university teacher / co-founder
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rabbit
2. Background
- University
- Technical University of Munich
Awards & achievements
- 2016 IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award
3. Links
4. About this entry
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Jürgen Schmidhuber was born on January 17, 1963 and is 63 years old.
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Jürgen Schmidhuber is from Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany.
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Jürgen Schmidhuber works as computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher, university teacher, co-founder.
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Jürgen Schmidhuber attended Technical University of Munich.
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