# [[👤Oriol Vinyals]] - [[Artificial Intelligence]] - [[👤Oriol Vinyals]] *** Oriol Vinyals is a prominent figure in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to deep learning and reinforcement learning. As a Principal Scientist and Deep Learning Team Lead at Google DeepMind, Vinyals has been at the forefront of developing innovative AI technologies that have significantly advanced the capabilities of machine learning systems[1][2]. Born in 1983 in Barcelona, Spain, Vinyals pursued a strong academic foundation in mathematics and telecommunication engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He later moved to the United States, where he obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2013[4]. Throughout his career, Vinyals has made numerous impactful contributions to the field of AI. He co-invented the seq2seq model for machine translation, which has been instrumental in improving natural language processing tasks[4]. His work on deep learning and reinforcement learning has led to significant breakthroughs, including the development of AlphaStar, an AI system that achieved Grandmaster level in the complex game of StarCraft II[2][6]. Vinyals' research has been widely recognized and has garnered significant attention both within the scientific community and in mainstream media. His publications have been cited over 130,000 times, demonstrating the profound impact of his work[2]. In 2016, he was honored as one of MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35, further cementing his status as a leading figure in AI research[4]. At Google DeepMind, Vinyals continues to push the boundaries of AI research, focusing on areas such as machine learning, deep learning, and reinforcement learning. His work has practical applications in various domains, including Google Translate, Text-To-Speech, and Speech recognition, serving billions of queries every day[1][2]. Citations: [1] https://khipu.ai/05_oriol_vinyals/ [2] https://event.technologyreview.com/emtech-digital-2022/speaker/405999/oriol-vinyals [3] https://www.newworldai.com/towards-artificial-general-intelligence-oriol-vinyals/ [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriol_Vinyals [5] https://uk.linkedin.com/in/oriol-vinyals-00b3366 [6] https://research.google/people/oriol-vinyals/ [7] https://www.eml-unitue.de/people/oriol-vinyals [8] https://www.technologyreview.com/innovator/oriol-vinyals/