Leslie Valiant

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf computer scientist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Harvard_School_of_Engineering_and_Applied_Sciences
gptkb:Harvard_John_A._Paulson_School_of_Engineering_and_Applied_Sciences
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:awards Turing Award
gptkbp:birthDate August 28, 1940
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Birmingham,_England
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:contribution contributions to computational learning theory
foundational work in learning theory
contributions to the theory of randomized algorithms
contributions to the theory of parallel computation
development_of_the_Valiant's_algorithm_for_learning_conjunctions.
development_of_the_Valiant's_algorithm_for_learning_decision_trees
contributions_to_the_theory_of_NP-completeness
development_of_the_Valiant's_learning_framework
development_of_the_Valiant-Vazirani_theorem
development_of_the_Valiant_model
development_of_the_Valiant's_algorithm_for_learning_DNF_formulas
gptkbp:educational_programs gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:field computer science
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy theoretical computer science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leslie Valiant
gptkbp:influenced computational complexity theory
computer science
artificial intelligence research
algorithmic research
machine learning community
theoretical computer science community
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alan_Turing
gptkbp:knownFor complexity theory
theory of computation
Valiant's theorem
PAC_learning
Valiant's_model_of_computation
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:David_Sontag
gptkb:Shalmali_Joshi
gptkb:Mikhail_Belkin
gptkb:Michael_Mitzenmacher
gptkb:Yishay_Mansour
gptkbp:occupation professor
gptkbp:researchFocus artificial intelligence
machine learning
algorithm design
gptkbp:residence gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Miriam_Valiant