# [[👤Andrej Karpathy]] - [[Artificial Intelligence]] - [[👤Andrej Karpathy]] *** Andrej Karpathy is a prominent computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher known for his significant contributions to deep learning and computer vision. Here are some key points about his background and career: 1. Education: Karpathy received his PhD from Stanford University in 2015, studying under Fei-Fei Li. He focused on the intersection of natural language processing and computer vision[1][3]. 2. Academic contributions: At Stanford, he authored and was the primary instructor for CS231n, the university's first deep learning course on Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition. This course became extremely popular, growing from 150 students in 2015 to 750 in 2017[1][3]. 3. Industry experience: - OpenAI: Karpathy was a founding member and research scientist at OpenAI from 2015 to 2017[1][4]. - Tesla: He served as the Senior Director of AI at Tesla from 2017 to 2022, leading the computer vision team for Tesla's Autopilot[1][7]. - Return to OpenAI: In February 2023, he rejoined OpenAI but left again in February 2024 to pursue personal projects[11][13]. 4. Research focus: Karpathy is known for his work on convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), and their applications in computer vision and natural language processing[14]. 5. Recognition: He was named one of MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 for 2020[7]. Recently, he received the WTF Innovators Award for his contributions to deep neural networks and computer vision[16]. 6. Public engagement: Karpathy is known for his engaging online presence, sharing insights about AI through social media and YouTube videos[13][15]. 7. Current focus: As of his latest departure from OpenAI, Karpathy expressed interest in working on personal research and development projects[13]. Karpathy's career trajectory reflects the rapid advancement of AI technology, and his contributions have significantly influenced both academic research and practical applications in the field of artificial intelligence. Citations: [1] https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/%E5%AE%89%E5%BE%B7%E7%83%88%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E5%B8%95%E6%96%AF [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrej_Karpathy [3] https://cs.stanford.edu/people/karpathy/ [4] https://golden.com/wiki/Andrej_Karpathy-REWAYX3 [5] https://karpathy.ai [6] https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Andrej%2BKarpathy/453444 [7] https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakers/453444/Andrej-Karpathy [8] https://www.technologyreview.com/innovator/andrej-karpathy/ [9] https://www.aaespeakers.com/keynote-speakers/andrej-karpathy [10] https://www.deeplearning.ai/blog/hodl-andrej-karpathy/ [11] https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-researcher-andrej-karpathy-departs-firm-2024-02-14/ [12] https://github.com/karpathy [13] https://www.maginative.com/article/andrej-karpathy-leaves-openai-to-pursue-personal-projects/ [14] https://aquariusai.ca/blog/andrej-karpathy-education-from-neural-networks-to-deep-learning-guru [15] https://www.neatprompts.com/p/andrej-karpathy-departure-from-openai-smooth-transition [16] https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-former-ai-director-andrej-karpathy-receives-wtf-innovators-award/