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My Take
Raúl Rojas is exactly the kind of scientist I admire: a thinker who insists on building things. From Mexico City to an emeritus chair in computer science and mathematics in Berlin, he became a real authority on neural networks, and then proved it physically, his FU-Fighters robots winning world titles in 2004 and 2005 before he turned to the Spirit of Berlin self-driving project. The 2015 National Prize for Arts and Sciences fits a career that refuses to stay theoretical. I love minds that move between equations, robots and cars, treating ideas as something you ship, not just publish.
Overview
Raúl Rojas González (born 1955, in Mexico City) is a Mexican emeritus professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Free University of Berlin, and a renowned specialist in artificial neural networks. The FU-Fighters, football-playing robots he helped build, were world champions in 2004 and 2005. He is now leading an autonomous car project called Spirit of Berlin.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Raúl Rojas
- Name (Japanese)
- ラウル・ロハス
- Reading
- らうる・ろはす
- Born
- June 25, 1955 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mathematician / university teacher / computer scientist / economist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2015 University Teacher of the Year
- 2015 National Prize for Arts and Sciences
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.