Andrew Ng

Andrew Ng

Early life and education

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== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Andrew Yan-Tak Ng was born in [[London]],{{cite news|last=Seligman|first=Katherine|title=If Andrew Ng could just get his robot to assemble an Ikea bookshelf, we'd all buy one|url=http://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/If-Andrew-Ng-could-just-get-his-robot-to-assemble-2484400.php|publisher=[[SFGate]]|access-date=February 12, 2013|date=December 3, 2006}} in 1976 to Ronald Paul Ng, a hematologist and lecturer at [[UCL Medical School]], and [[Tisa Ho]], an arts administrator working at the London Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Terry |title=After His Son Co-Founded Coursera, He Became Its Earliest Student and Completed 146 Courses |url=https://www.ricemedia.co/culture-people-after-son-cofounded-coursera-became-earliest-student-completed-146-courses/ |publisher=Rice Media |date=September 26, 2020}}{{cite news |title=Healer, teacher |url=https://www.asiaone.com/health/healer-teacher |access-date=25 February 2022 |publisher=The Straits Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110052610/https://www.asiaone.com/health/healer-teacher |archive-date=2023-11-10 |url-status=dead}}{{cite journal |last1=Miquiabas |first1=Bong |title=A.I. and the New Era of Business |journal=The Peak Magazine Hong Kong |date=July 2015 |pages=40–45 |url=https://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~hwchun/AIProjects/pdf/The%20Peak%20-%20AI%20-%20small.pdf}} His parents were both immigrants from [[Hong Kong]]. In 1984 he and his family moved to [[Singapore]].
Andrew Yan-Tak Ng was born in [[London]],{{cite news|last=Seligman|first=Katherine|title=If Andrew Ng could just get his robot to assemble an Ikea bookshelf, we'd all buy one|url=http://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/If-Andrew-Ng-could-just-get-his-robot-to-assemble-2484400.php|publisher=[[SFGate]]|access-date=February 12, 2013|date=December 3, 2006}} in 1976 to Ronald Paul Ng, a hematologist and lecturer at [[UCL Medical School]], and [[Tisa Ho]], an arts administrator working at the London Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Terry |title=After His Son Co-Founded Coursera, He Became Its Earliest Student and Completed 146 Courses |url=https://www.ricemedia.co/culture-people-after-son-cofounded-coursera-became-earliest-student-completed-146-courses/ |publisher=Rice Media |date=September 26, 2020}}{{cite news |title=Healer, teacher |url=https://www.asiaone.com/health/healer-teacher |access-date=25 February 2022 |publisher=The Straits Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110052610/https://www.asiaone.com/health/healer-teacher |archive-date=2023-11-10 |url-status=dead}}{{cite journal |last1=Miquiabas |first1=Bong |title=A.I. and the New Era of Business |journal=The Peak Magazine Hong Kong |date=July 2015 |pages=40–45 |url=https://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~hwchun/AIProjects/pdf/The%20Peak%20-%20AI%20-%20small.pdf}} His parents were both immigrants from [[Hong Kong]]. His family moved back to Hong Kong and he spend his early childhood there. In 1984 he and his family moved to [[Singapore]].


Ng attended and graduated from [[Raffles Institution]].{{cite web|url=https://www.ri.edu.sg/highlights/story/andrew-ng|title=A Conversation with Professor Andrew Ng|date=January 22, 2014|access-date=17 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727222014/https://www.ri.edu.sg/highlights/story/andrew-ng|archive-date=July 27, 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
Ng attended and graduated from [[Raffles Institution]].{{cite web|url=https://www.ri.edu.sg/highlights/story/andrew-ng|title=A Conversation with Professor Andrew Ng|date=January 22, 2014|access-date=17 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727222014/https://www.ri.edu.sg/highlights/story/andrew-ng|archive-date=July 27, 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}