Nando de Freitas

Nando de Freitas is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. De Freitas is noted as an authority in the field of machine learning, and in particular in the subfields of neural networks, Bayesian inference and Bayesian optimization, and deep learning.
His goal as a researcher is to develop new ideas, algorithms and mathematical models to extend the frontiers of science and technology so as to improve the quality of life of humans and their environment.