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Nando de Freitas

Researcher, Microsoft AI; former DeepMind director, Microsoft

  • Researcher, Microsoft AI; former DeepMind director, Microsoft12

Nando de Freitas is a researcher in the field of machine learning, and in particular in the subfields of neural networks, Bayesian inference and Bayesian optimization, and deep learning.123

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Researcher, Microsoft AI; former DeepMind director
Company
Microsoft
Sources cited
4
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  • Researcher, Microsoft AI; former DeepMind director at Microsoft.1
  • Has an English Wikipedia biography.1

Career and contributions

Nando de Freitas is a researcher in the field of machine learning, and in particular in the subfields of neural networks, Bayesian inference and Bayesian optimization, and deep learning.123

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4 sources · profile reviewed Oct 24, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026

  1. Nando de Freitas — WikipediaWikipedia · accessed Oct 24, 2026
  2. Nando de Freitas — WikidataWikidata · accessed Oct 24, 2026
  3. Nando de Freitas — websiteNando de Freitas · Official page · accessed Oct 24, 2026
  4. Nando de Freitas — Google ScholarGoogle Scholar · Official page · accessed Oct 24, 2026