Răzvan PAȘCANU
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Răzvan Pașcanu is a prominent researcher in machine learning and artificial intelligence, currently serving as a Research Scientist at DeepMind and an Affiliate Member at MILA. Born and raised in Romania, he pursued his undergraduate studies in computer science and electrical engineering in Germany. In 2009, he earned his M.Sc. from Jacobs University Bremen under the supervision of Prof. Herbert Jaeger. Dr. Pașcanu completed his Ph.D. at the Université de Montréal in 2014, where he was mentored by Prof. Yoshua Bengio. His research interests encompass deep learning, optimization, recurrent neural networks, and reinforcement learning. Beyond his role at DeepMind, he contributes to academia as a faculty member at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Dr. Pașcanu has an extensive publication record, with 117 works cited over 23,000 times, reflecting his significant impact on the field.