Max Welling
Cambridge University Press
Max Welling is a Dutch computer scientist in machine learning at the University of Amsterdam. In August 2017, the university spin-off Scyfer BV, co-founded by Welling, was acquired by Qualcomm. He has since then served as a Vice President of Technology at Qualcomm Netherlands. He is also a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research AI4Science, based in Amsterdam.
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Max Welling is a Dutch computer scientist in machine learning at the University of Amsterdam. In August 2017, the university spin-off Scyfer BV, co-founded by Welling, was acquired by Qualcomm. He has since then served as a Vice President of Technology at Qualcomm Netherlands. He is also a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research AI4Science, based in Amsterdam.
Affiliation
Cambridge University Press
Top Publications
- Auto-Encoding Variational Bayes (2013) - 15,105 citations
- Semi-Supervised Classification with Graph Convolutional Networks (2016) - 7,964 citations
- Modeling Relational Data with Graph Convolutional Networks (2018) - 5,288 citations
- An Introduction to Variational Autoencoders (2019) - 2,652 citations
- Scientific discovery in the age of artificial intelligence (2023) - 1,808 citations
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- Full name
- Max Welling
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-1484-2121
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5087368991
Research interests
- Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference, Neural Networks and Applications, Advanced Neural Network Applications, Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods, Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
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- Auto-Encoding Variational Bayes ↗2013 · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)15,105OpenAlex citations
- Semi-Supervised Classification with Graph Convolutional Networks ↗2016 · arXiv (Cornell University)7,964OpenAlex citations
- Modeling Relational Data with Graph Convolutional Networks ↗2018 · Lecture notes in computer science5,288OpenAlex citations
- An Introduction to Variational Autoencoders ↗2019 · Foundations and Trends® in Machine Learning2,652OpenAlex citations
- 1,808OpenAlex citations
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- Auto-Encoding Variational Bayes ↗2013 · UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam)
- Semi-Supervised Classification with Graph Convolutional Networks ↗2016 · arXiv (Cornell University)
- Modeling Relational Data with Graph Convolutional Networks ↗2018 · Lecture notes in computer science
- An Introduction to Variational Autoencoders ↗2019 · Foundations and Trends® in Machine Learning
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