Jürgen Schmidhuber is a renowned computer scientist known for his pioneering work in the field of artificial intelligence and deep learning. Born in 1963 in Munich, Germany, he has significantly contributed to the development of neural networks, which are foundational to modern AI. Schmidhuber’s work laid the groundwork for many AI advancements, including the creation of the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network, a type of recurrent neural network (RNN) capable of learning sequences of data and handling long-range dependencies. This innovation has been widely adopted in various applications such as speech recognition, translation, and time-series prediction.

Schmidhuber earned his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Munich in 1991 and has since held various academic and research positions. He is currently the co-founder and Chief Scientist of NNAISENSE, a company focused on building advanced neural network solutions for industrial applications. Schmidhuber has received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to AI, including the Helmholtz Award and the IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award. His work continues to influence the AI landscape, inspiring both academic research and practical implementations in technology industries worldwide.