Jeff Dean
A prominent computer scientist at Google, known for his work on large-scale systems and AI.
Most quoted
"TensorFlow is an open-source software library for machine learning. It was originally developed by researchers and engineers working on the Google Brain Team within Google's Machine Intelligence research organization for the purposes of conducting machine learning and deep neural networks research."
— from TensorFlow: Large-Scale Machine Learning on Heterogeneous Distributed Systems, 2015
"The key insight behind BigTable is that by carefully controlling the data layout and access patterns, we can achieve very high performance and scalability for a wide range of applications."
— from Bigtable: A Distributed Storage System for Structured Data, 2006
"MapReduce is a programming model and an associated implementation for processing and generating large datasets with a parallel, distributed algorithm on a cluster."
— from MapReduce: Simplified Data Processing on Large Clusters, 2004
All quotes by Jeff Dean (144)
I once spent a week debugging a comma—worth every minute.
The meaning of life? Solving hard problems with elegant solutions.
Bigtable powers the web's backbone quietly.
Collaboration across disciplines sparks true innovation.
AI ethics must be baked in from day one.
Code is poetry, but poetry that scales.
In my career, the thrill is in the breakthroughs.
Don't optimize prematurely; understand the problem first.
A witty comeback in a code review can defuse tension.
Life's algorithms are probabilistic, embrace uncertainty.
TensorFlow is a toolkit for the AI revolution.
Wisdom in tech: know when to say no to features.
Politics in tech? Focus on impact, not headlines.
My last words on a project: ship it and iterate.
Humor helps in long coding marathons.
The art of computing lies in abstraction.
Reflecting on life: code connects us all.
Spanner: global consistency without compromise.
Aphorism: Measure twice, code once.
From my early papers: efficiency is paramount.
Contemporaries of Jeff Dean
Other Computer Sciences born within 50 years of Jeff Dean (1960).