Max Welling

Max Welling (born 1968) is a Dutch computer scientist in machine learning at the University of Amsterdam.[1] In August 2017, the university spin-off, “Scyfer BV”, co-founded by Welling was acquired by Qualcomm[2]and he has since then served as a VP Technologies at Qualcomm Netherlands.[3]

Max Welling
Born1968 (age 51–52)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUtrecht University
Known forBayesian Inference, Generative modeling, Deep Learning, Variational autoencoders, Graph Convolutional Networks, Group-Equivariant Convolutional Networks
AwardsNSF Career Award (2005), Dean’s Mid-Career Award for Research (2008), ECCV Koenderink Prize (2010), ICML Best Paper Award (2012), ICLR Best Paper Award (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsMachine learning, Quantum mechanics
InstitutionsUniversity of Amsterdam
Doctoral advisorGerard 't Hooft
WebsiteWebsite of Max Welling

Welling received his PhD in quantum physics under the supervision of Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft (1998)[4] at the Utrecht University. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles in machine learning, computer vision, statistics and physics.[5]

References
  1. Amsterdam, Universiteit van (2018-06-19). "prof. dr. M. (Max) Welling - University of Amsterdam". www.uva.nl. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  2. Amsterdam, Universiteit van (2017-08-16). "UvA spin-off company Scyfer acquired by Qualcomm - University of Amsterdam". www.uva.nl. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  3. "Qualcomm Forms Artificial Intelligence Research Unit". Electronic Design. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
  4. "Gerard 't Hooft - PhD students". www.staff.science.uu.nl. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  5. "Max Welling - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
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