Andrew Ng

Dr. Andrew Ng is a luminary in artificial intelligence and machine learning. He has founded multiple companies in education. He is the founder of DeepLearning.AI and also serves as a General Partner at AI Fund, an incubator fostering AI startups. He is also a chairman and Co-Founder of Coursera, an online education platform that partners with leading universities and organizations to make high-quality courses, specializations, and degrees accessible to everyone worldwide. Besides his involvement in EdTech, Ng is also an adjunct professor at Stanford University's Computer Science Department, where he contributes to academic research and mentors the next generation of AI experts. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in machine learning, snagged his Master's from MIT, and completed his Bachelor's at Carnegie Mellon University.

Being a pioneer in both AI and online education, Ng has transformed how accessible education can be. In his early career, he was the founding lead of the Google Brain team, developing large-scale deep learning algorithms. Later, he built Baidu’s company's Artificial Intelligence Group into a powerhouse team of several thousand people as Chief Scientist. He has also contributed extensively in machine learning, robotics, and related fields, with over 200 research papers. His most cited works focus on deep learning and neural networks.

Globally recognized for his influence, Ng was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2012 and made it onto the Time100 AI list in 2023. He has devoted significant effort to making deep learning accessible to a wide audience. By leveraging platforms like Coursera and DeepLearning.AI, he has taught over 8 million students worldwide—and counting.

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