While the folks you mentioned advanced deep learning techniques, Fei-Fei Li transformed computer vision by creating ImageNet, which fuelled progress in the computer vision field. Beyond that, she’s been a champion of ethical, human-centered AI and has worked to make AI more accessible.
Hard to believe that ImageNet fueled advancements in that field. Dataset creation is a very widely known “citation hack” because it forces others to cite your work even though the dataset is often used for thrift reasons over any genuine value.
