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Andrew Ng

Original nameAndrew Ng

American Computer Scientist, Popularizer of AI Education

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The Co-Founding of Google BrainThe Online Education Platform CourseraChief Scientist of Baidu

Who they are

Andrew Ng is an American computer scientist who in 2011 co-founded the Google Brain research team, and thereafter served as chief scientist of Baidu, directing the building of Baidu’s deep-learning research institute. Ng is also one of the most influential popularizers of AI education in the world: the machine-learning course he taught at Stanford University drew millions of learners after being made into a free online course, and he thereafter co-founded the online education platform Coursera and founded the deep-learning education brand deeplearning.ai, continuing to make free or low-cost AI courses for learners worldwide, one of the most important practitioners of the "technology democratization" idea in this field, widely credited with training, through education, a considerable proportion of the new generation of AI practitioners worldwide.

Primary sourcesThe lecture notes of Andrew Ng’s Stanford machine-learning open courseOfficial data from the Coursera platform

Key stories

Bringing the Stanford Classroom to Computer Screens Worldwide

The machine-learning course Ng taught at Stanford, made into a free online course, drew millions of learners from over two hundred countries and regions, and this then-pioneering online-education practice thereafter brought about the birth of the large online-education platform Coursera, and Ng is thereby widely seen as one of the most important practitioners of the "technology democratization" idea, indirectly training, through education, a considerable proportion of the new generation of AI practitioners worldwide.

Relationships

Disciple

🔍Robin Li

Ally

🖼️Fei-Fei Li 📘Jeremy Howard

Echoes today

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A practitioner of the "technology democratization" ideaThe number of learners worldwide Andrew Ng trained through free online courses makes him widely thought one of the most important practitioners of the "technology democratization" idea in the field of AI education.

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Human-Machine Play and the Practical Turn of Machine LearningThe Founding of Google Brain and the Education-Outreach Movement

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