Adaption is proud to welcome Hugo Larochelle, Ph.D., as Scientific Lead.
Hugo is one of the most influential figures in AI research. Trained under Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, two of the field’s founding architects, he spent nearly a decade leading AI research at Google Brain and DeepMind before taking on his current role as Scientific Director of Mila, the world’s largest academic research center in deep learning. His research has shaped foundational ideas across generative models, representation learning, and zero-shot learning, several of which underpin how AI systems are built today.
Hugo joins Adaption in an advisory capacity, while continuing his work as Scientific Director of Mila. Part of the work he is energized by: supporting Mila alumni as they work at the frontier of AI. Adaption sits at the intersection of frontier research and infrastructure. The territory where academic rigor and applied science operate together. Hugo’s perspective, shaped across both environments, makes him the right person to help shape Adaption’s scientific direction.
“How AI systems learn is one of the most consequential questions facing the AI field. Adaption is approaching that question with the depth of research it deserves, and I’m excited to be part of that mission.”
Hugo Larochelle, Scientific Lead, Adaption
Adaption builds Adaptive AI systems that learn continuously and move beyond the constraints of static training. Hugo’s arrival marks a deepening of that commitment, scientific foundations built to tackle the hardest problems at the frontier of AI.
“Hugo has spent his career asking the hardest questions in AI research and building the institutions that take those questions seriously. Having him engaged with Adaption’s scientific direction provides a perspective that will shape how we build for years to come.”
Sara Hooker, Co-founder, Adaption
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