Tom Michael Mitchell | |
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| Born | August 9, 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | The 'mind-reading' computer[1][2][3] Never-Ending Language Learning |
| Awards | IJCAI Computers and Thought Award, Presidential Young Investigator Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Machine learning, Artificial intelligence, Cognitive neuroscience |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University Rutgers University |
| Doctoral advisor | Bruce G. Buchanan |
| Doctoral students | Sebastian Thrun Oren Etzioni Geoffrey J. Gordon Derry Tanti Wijaya |
Tom Michael Mitchell (born August 9, 1951) is an American computer scientist and the Founders University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). He is a founder and former Chair of the Machine Learning Department at CMU.[4] Mitchell is known for his contributions to the advancement of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and cognitive neuroscience and is the author of the textbook Machine Learning. He is a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering since 2010. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Fellow and past President of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. In October 2018, Mitchell was appointed as the Interim Dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon.