Ben Taskar
Ben Taskar | |
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| Born | March 3, 1977 |
| Died | November 18, 2013 (aged 36) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Known for | Statistical relational learning, Graphical models |
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| Fields | Computer Science, Machine Learning and Statistical relational learning |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania, and University of Washington, Seattle |
| Doctoral advisor | Daphne Koller |
| Website | homes |
Ben Taskar (March 3, 1977 – November 18, 2013) was a professor and researcher in the area of machine learning and applications to computational linguistics and computer vision. He was a Magerman Term Associate Professor for Computer and Information Science at University of Pennsylvania. He co-directed PRiML: Penn Research in Machine Learning, a joint venture between the School of Engineering and Wharton. He was also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Public Policy. At the University of Washington, he held the Boeing Professorship.
He was the first person to define and a pioneer in statistical relational learning.
References[]
- Taskar, Ben A. (2007). Introduction to statistical relational learning. MIT Press.
- Taskar, Ben (2010). A Survey on Statistical Relational Learning. Springer.
Articles[]
- UW CSE News, , https://news.cs.washington.edu/2013/11/18/ben-taskar-1977-2013/
- "Geek Wire", news, http://www.geekwire.com/2013/uw-computer-science-professor-ben-taskar-dies-37/
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