Yoav Freund
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Yoav Freund (Hebrew: יואב פרוינד; born 1961) is an Israeli professor of computer science at the University of California San Diego who mainly works on machine learning, probability theory and related fields and applications.[1]
Yoav Freund | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 |
| Alma mater | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Known for | AdaBoost |
| Awards | Gödel prize (2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | University of California San Diego |
| Thesis | Data filtering and distribution modeling algorithms for machine learning (1993) |
| Doctoral advisor | Manfred K. Warmuth, David Haussler |
He is best known for his work on the AdaBoost algorithm, an ensemble learning algorithm which is used to combine many "weak" learning machines to create a more robust one.[2] He and Robert Schapire received the Gödel prize in 2003 for their joint work on AdaBoost.
He is an alumnus of the prestigious Talpiot program of the Israeli army.[citation needed]