OpenFieldProf. Dr. Jürgen Schmidhuber
Father of modern recurrent neural networks, co-inventor of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) which revolutionized speech recognition, translation, and large-scale language modeling.
Documented research interests and leadership
- Research areas
- Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, LSTM Networks, Reinforcement Learning
- Academic position
- Scientific Director at IDSIA, Professor at USI Faculty of Informatics
- Primary university source
- Official directory entry ↗
- Recruitment status
- Not verified. Leadership profile does not imply active vacancies or assistantship availability.
Supervision and contact
Students interested in graduate or doctoral research supervision in Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, LSTM Networks are advised to consult formal department application channels.
Important verification note
Facts reflect official university directory records reviewed 2026-10-14. Faculty recruitment and admissions require formal application.
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