Yoshua Bengio(1964)
Computer ScienceYoshua Bengio is a recipient of the Turing Award (2018) from Canada. They have received 8 major awards in total. Their primary field is Computer Science. They were educated at McGill University and McGill University. They have been affiliated with Université de Montréal.
8
Major Awards
1,281
Publications
443,748
Citations
183
h-index
711
i10-index
346.4
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#3
Responses of pyramidal cell somata and apical dendrites in mouse visual cortex over multiple days
Scientific Data(2023)
6
citations
#5
Automated Detection of Anatomical Landmarks During Colonoscopy Using a Deep Learning Model
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology(2023)
12
citations
#6
RetroGNN: Fast Estimation of Synthesizability for Virtual Screening and De Novo Design by Learning from Slow Retrosynthesis Software
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling(2022)
45
citations
#7
Equivariance with Learned Canonicalization Functions
International Conference on Machine Learning(2022)
109
citations
#8
Your Autoregressive Generative Model Can be Better If You Treat It as an Energy-Based One
arXiv.org(2022)
5
citations
#9
Weakly Supervised Representation Learning with Sparse Perturbations
Neural Information Processing Systems(2022)
76
citations
#10
Building Robust Ensembles via Margin Boosting
International Conference on Machine Learning(2022)
18
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksAI and Catastrophic Risk
Journal of Democracy2023
27citations
0citations
Responses of pyramidal cell somata and apical dendrites in mouse visual cortex over multiple days
Scientific Data2023
6citations
Open AccessBenchmarking Graph Neural Networks
Journal of machine learning research2023
1,139citations
Automated Detection of Anatomical Landmarks During Colonoscopy Using a Deep Learning Model
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology2023
12citations
Open AccessRetroGNN: Fast Estimation of Synthesizability for Virtual Screening and De Novo Design by Learning from Slow Retrosynthesis Software
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling2022
45citations
Equivariance with Learned Canonicalization Functions
International Conference on Machine Learning2022
109citations
Open AccessYour Autoregressive Generative Model Can be Better If You Treat It as an Energy-Based One
arXiv.org2022
5citations
Open AccessWeakly Supervised Representation Learning with Sparse Perturbations
Neural Information Processing Systems2022
76citations
Open AccessBuilding Robust Ensembles via Margin Boosting
International Conference on Machine Learning2022
18citations
Open AccessCareer History
Full Professor
Université de Montréal
Montréal, CA
Education
McGill University
PhD
Computer Science
1991
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
Apex Elite Prestigious
Co-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
McGill University(Doctor of Philosophy)
McGill University(Master of Science)
McGill University(Bachelor of Science)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral Advisors
Renato De MoriIan J. GoodfellowPascal VincentHugo LarochelleDzmitry BahdanauRazvan PascanuDumitru ErhanSteven PigeonÇağlar GülçehreCharles DugasJoumana GhosnJames BergstraYann DauphinZhouhan Lin
Top Publications
Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence
Nature20231,365 citations
Toward Causal Representation Learning
Proceedings of the IEEE2021812 citations
Catalyzing next-generation Artificial Intelligence through NeuroAI
Nature Communications2023244 citations
BigBrain 3D atlas of cortical layers: Cortical and laminar thickness gradients diverge in sensory and motor cortices
PLOS Biology2020211 citations
Books
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)

Michael Jordan
AAAI Squirrel AI Award (2022)

Judea Pearl
Turing Award (2011)

Gilles Brassard
Turing Award (2025)
Robert Langer
Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2024)

Emmanuelle Charpentier
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)

Jennifer A. Doudna
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2020)

Tim Berners-Lee
Turing Award (2016)

Peter Higgs
Copley Medal (2015)
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