Jeremy Howard (entrepreneur)

Jeremy Howard
Born13 November 1973 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationComputer scientist, pedagogue Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
Websitehttps://jeremy.fast.ai/ Edit this on Wikidata

Jeremy Howard (born 13 November 1973) is an Australian data scientist, entrepreneur, and educator.[1]

He is the co-founder of fast.ai, where he teaches introductory courses,[2] develops software, and conducts research in the area of deep learning.

Previously he founded and led Fastmail, Optimal Decisions Group, and Enlitic. He was President and Chief Scientist of Kaggle.

Early in the COVID-19 epidemic he was a leading advocate for masking.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Opera acquires Aussie IMAP email provider FastMail.fm".
  2. ^ "New schemes teach the masses to build AI". The Economist. 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Better Masks: Options and FAQs - #Masks4All".
  4. ^ Howard, Jeremy (28 March 2020). "Simple DIY masks could help flatten the curve". The Washington Post.
  5. ^ Howard, Jeremy (4 April 2020). "To help stop coronavirus, everyone should be wearing face masks. The science is clear". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Howard, Jeremy; Huang, Austin; Li, Zhiyuan; Tufekci, Zeynep; Zdimal, Vladimir; van der Westhuizen, Helene-Mari; von Delft, Arne; Price, Amy; Fridman, Lex; Tang, Lei-Han; Tang, Viola; Watson, Gregory L.; Bax, Christina E.; Shaikh, Reshama; Questier, Frederik; Hernandez, Danny; Chu, Larry F.; Ramirez, Christina M.; Rimoin, Anne W. (26 January 2021). "An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (4): e2014564118. Bibcode:2021PNAS..11814564H. doi:10.1073/pnas.2014564118. PMC 7848583. PMID 33431650.