Chih-Jen Lin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)
University of Michigan (MS, PhD)
University of Michigan (MS, PhD)
KnownforLIBSVM
AwardsACM Fellow (2015)
AAAI Fellow (2014)
IEEE Fellow (2011)
AAAI Fellow (2014)
IEEE Fellow (2011)
Chih-Jen Lin | |
|---|---|
林智仁 | |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) University of Michigan (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | LIBSVM |
| Awards | ACM Fellow (2015) AAAI Fellow (2014) IEEE Fellow (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | machine learning data mining optimization |
| Institutions | National Taiwan University |
| Thesis | Studies in large-scale optimization |
| Website | www |
Chih-Jen Lin (Chinese: 林智仁; pinyin: Lín Zhìrén) is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at National Taiwan University, and a leading researcher in machine learning, optimization, and data mining. He is best known for the open-source library LIBSVM, an implementation of support vector machines.[1]
Chih-Jen Lin received his B.S. (1993) in mathematics at National Taiwan University, and M.S.E. (1996) and Ph.D. (1998) in computer science at the University of Michigan.
Awards and honors
- ACM Fellow (2015)[2]
- For contributions to the theory and practice of machine learning and data mining.
- AAAI Fellow (2014)[3]
- For significant contributions to the field of machine learning, and the development of a widely used SVM software.
- IEEE Fellow (2011)
- For contributions to support vector machine algorithms and software.
