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Ian Goodfellow
An American computer scientist best known for inventing Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), a breakthrough that transformed how AI can create realistic images, audio, and other synthetic data. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in computer science from Stanford University under Andrew Ng, and his Ph.D. from the Université de Montréal under Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville. Over his career, he has held influential roles at Google Brain, OpenAI, Apple (as Director of Machine Learning), and currently Google DeepMind. Beyond GANs, his research has explored adversarial examples, semi‑supervised learning, and methods to make AI systems more robust and secure. He is also the first author of the widely used textbook Deep Learning, cementing his role as both a pioneering researcher and an educator in the field.