Draft:Thorsten Joachims
German computer scientist known for his contributions to information retrieval
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Thorsten Joachims is a German computer scientist known for his contributions to machine learning, information retrieval, and learning-to-rank methods.[1]
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Comment: His own works and interviews are not reliable independent sources. Theroadislong (talk) 19:02, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
Thorsten Joachims | |
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| Born | Germany |
| Citizenship | German |
| Alma mater | University of Dortmund |
| Awards | ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
Biography
Joachims studied computer science at the University of Dortmund, where he received his doctorate.[2] He later joined Cornell University, where he is a professor of computer science and information science.[3] In 2026, he was appointed Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence Strategy Position.[4]
His research focuses on machine learning with applications to search engines, recommendation systems, and decision-making systems, including work on support vector machines and learning from implicit user feedback.[5] More recently, his work has addressed fairness and bias in machine learning systems.[6]
Awards
Joachims received the ACM SIGKDD Innovation Award for his contributions to machine learning and data mining.[7] He is also a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).[8] In 2020, he was inducted into the SIGIR Academy for his contributions to information retrieval.[9]
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