Biography:Lyle Ungar
Lyle H. Ungar is a machine learning researcher and professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] He is also affiliated with the psychology department at the university.[2]
Research
Ungar's published research has been primarily in the area of machine learning, specifically text mining.[3][1] According to his website, his research group "develops scalable machine learning and text mining methods, including clustering, feature selection, and semi-supervised and multi-task learning for natural language, psychology, and medical research. Example projects include spectral learning of language models, multi-view learning for gene expression and MRI data, and mining social media to better understand personality and well-being."[1]
Ungar has also done some research in the domain of forecasting, in connection with his membership in The Good Judgment Project, a collaborator of the Aggregative Contingent Estimation (ACE) program of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA).[4][5][6]
Affiliations
Ungar is a member of many associations and bodies devoted to advancing machine learning and related areas. These include the Annenberg Public Policy Center,[7] Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Institute for Research in Cognitive Science.[1] He is also a member of The Good Judgment Project.[4] He is also a science advisory board member at Spark Park.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Lyle H. Ungar". http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~ungar/home.html. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Lyle H. Ungar". Psychology Department, University of Pennsylvania. May 6, 2014. https://psychology.sas.upenn.edu/node/22438.
- ↑ "Lyle Ungar". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KCiDjbkAAAAJ&hl=en. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Team". The Good Judgment Project. http://www.goodjudgmentproject.com/about_team.html. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Blog posts by Lyle Ungar". The Good Judgment Project. http://goodjudgmentproject.com/blog/?tag=lyle-ungar. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ Muehlhauser, Luke (March 26, 2014). "Lyle Ungar on forecasting". Machine Intelligence Research Institute. http://intelligence.org/2014/03/26/lyle-ungar/. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Lyle H. Ungar". Annenberg Public Policy Center. http://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/downloads/distinguishedlectureseries/2013_Fellows/LyleUngar_CV.pdf. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Science Advisory Board". Spark Park. http://www.thesparkpark.com/science-advisory-board-3/.
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