Ben Taskar

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.

Ben Taskar
BornMarch 3, 1977
DiedNovember 18, 2013 (2013-11-19) (aged 36)
Alma materStanford University
Known forStatistical relational learning, Graphical models
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science, Machine Learning and Statistical relational learning
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania, and University of Washington, Seattle
Doctoral advisorDaphne Koller
Websitehomes.cs.washington.edu/~taskar/

He was the first person to define Max-margin Markov networks 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.

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