Yoshua Bengio (@Yoshua_Bengio) — Twitter Score 37 out of 1000

Yoshua Bengio is a computer scientist and Turing Award laureate who pioneered foundational research in deep learning. Yoshua Bengio's Twitter Score is 37 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #26,113 (top 10%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.

Yoshua Bengio received the 2018 A.M. Turing Award alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun for their groundbreaking contributions to deep learning. He founded Mila, Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute and serves as its Founder and Scientific Advisor, a role he transitioned into in March 2025 from his previous position as Scientific Director. He also founded LawZero, which was incubated at Mila and focuses on the safe development of AI. He co-founded Element AI, which ServiceNow announced it would acquire in 2020, and also co-founded Imagia.

Yoshua Bengio is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Université de Montréal and serves as a Special Advisor and Founding Scientific Director to IVADO. He is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the CIFAR Learning in Machines and Brains program and a member of the United Nations Scientific Advisory Board for Independent Advice on Breakthroughs in Science and Technology. His account has accumulated 55,409 followers as of October 2026 and 416 posts, and has been mentioned by 54 accounts a total of 94 times.

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