Michael I. Jordan

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academic computer scientist human statistician

Michael I. Jordan is a prominent American computer scientist and statistician known for his foundational contributions to machine learning, probabilistic graphical models, and artificial intelligence.

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Label	Occurrences
Michael I. Jordan canonical	6

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4416819 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Michael I. Jordan
Context triple: [IJCAI Award for Research Excellence, notableRecipient, Michael I. Jordan]

A. Michael Bakari Jordan
Michael Bakari Jordan is an American actor and producer best known for his roles in films such as "Fruitvale Station," "Creed," and "Black Panther."
B. William Jeffrey Hostetler
William Jeffrey Hostetler, better known as Jeff Hostetler, is a former American football quarterback who led the New York Giants to victory in Super Bowl XXV.
C. Richard Leonard Adelman
Richard Leonard Adelman is an American former professional basketball coach and player best known for his successful NBA coaching career with teams such as the Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, and Houston Rockets.
D. Phil Jordan
Phil Jordan is a musician best known as a former member of the American rock band No Doubt.
E. Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is a legendary American basketball player widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes in the history of the sport.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michael I. Jordan
Target entity description: Michael I. Jordan is a prominent American computer scientist and statistician known for his foundational contributions to machine learning, probabilistic graphical models, and artificial intelligence.

A. Michael Bakari Jordan
Michael Bakari Jordan is an American actor and producer best known for his roles in films such as "Fruitvale Station," "Creed," and "Black Panther."
B. William Jeffrey Hostetler
William Jeffrey Hostetler, better known as Jeff Hostetler, is a former American football quarterback who led the New York Giants to victory in Super Bowl XXV.
C. Richard Leonard Adelman
Richard Leonard Adelman is an American former professional basketball coach and player best known for his successful NBA coaching career with teams such as the Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, and Houston Rockets.
D. Phil Jordan
Phil Jordan is a musician best known as a former member of the American rock band No Doubt.
E. Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan is a legendary American basketball player widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes in the history of the sport.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ computer scientist ⓘ human ⓘ statistician ⓘ
awardReceived	ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award ⓘ linked to: ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award ASA Medallion Lecture ⓘ linked to: Medallion Lectures David E. Rumelhart Prize ⓘ linked to: Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition IEEE John von Neumann Medal ⓘ IMS Medallion Lecture ⓘ linked to: Medallion Lectures NIPS Test of Time Award ⓘ linked to: NeurIPS Test of Time Award
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	David Rumelhart ⓘ linked to: David E. Rumelhart
educatedAt	Arizona State University ⓘ Louisiana State University ⓘ University of California, San Diego ⓘ
employer	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName	Jordan ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Bayesian statistics ⓘ artificial intelligence ⓘ machine learning ⓘ optimization ⓘ probabilistic graphical models ⓘ statistical learning theory ⓘ statistics ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	electrical engineering and computer sciences ⓘ
influenced	machine learning research community ⓘ
influencedBy	David Rumelhart ⓘ linked to: David E. Rumelhart
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ American Statistical Association ⓘ Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ Institute of Mathematical Statistics ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name	Michael I. Jordan ⓘ
notableFor	foundational contributions to artificial intelligence ⓘ foundational contributions to machine learning ⓘ foundational contributions to probabilistic graphical models ⓘ
notableWork	Bayesian nonparametrics ⓘ foundational work on probabilistic graphical models ⓘ hierarchical Dirichlet processes ⓘ linked to: Dirichlet process models mixture of experts model ⓘ variational inference in graphical models ⓘ work on scalable machine learning algorithms ⓘ
occupation	professor ⓘ
positionHeld	Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley ⓘ Professor of Statistics at UC Berkeley ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Berkeley, California ⓘ linked to: Berkeley, California, United States

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IJCAI Award for Research Excellence → notableRecipient → Michael I. Jordan ⓘ

NeurIPS Test of Time Award → notableRecipient → Michael I. Jordan ⓘ

Michael I. Jordan → name → Michael I. Jordan ⓘ

PDP Research Group → hasMember → Michael I. Jordan ⓘ

Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition → hasRecipient → Michael I. Jordan ⓘ

Latent Dirichlet Allocation → introducedBy → Michael I. Jordan ⓘ

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