Pedro Domingos
Machine-learning researcher; professor emeritus at the University of Washington; author of The Master Algorithm.
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- Pedro Domingos is a machine-learning researcher, born in 1965, best known for Markov logic networks, which combine first-order logic and probability.
- He studied at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon and the University of California, Irvine, joined the University of Washington in 1999, became a full professor in 2012 and is now professor emeritus of computer science and engineering.
- In 2018 and 2019 he led a machine-learning research group at the hedge fund D.
- E.
- Shaw.
- He wrote The Master Algorithm (2015) and the satirical novel 2040 (2024).
Key facts
- Born
- 19651
- Education
- Undergraduate and MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico; MSc and PhD, University of California, Irvine1
- University of Washington
- From 1999; full professor 2012; now professor emeritus1
- D. E. Shaw
- Led a machine-learning research group, 2018 to 20191
- Books
- The Master Algorithm (2015); 2040: A Silicon Valley Satire (2024)1
- Honours
- AAAI Fellow (2010); ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award (2014)1
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