Prehistory — From Neural Networks to the TransformerRajat Raina, Anand Madhavan, Andrew Y. Ng (Stanford University)Andrew NgStanford University
Large-scale Deep Unsupervised Learning using Graphics Processors
Large-scale Deep Unsupervised Learning using Graphics Processors — presented at ICML 2009
Why it matters
An early case of applying GPUs to deep learning training in earnest. The starting point of the premise that compute is a resource
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Officialrobotics.stanford.eduhttp://robotics.stanford.edu/~ang/papers/icml09-LargeScaleUnsupervisedDeepLearningGPU.pdfAdded in Week 35, 2026 · See that week