Stephen Muggleton
Computer Scientist and Engineer
Born
December 6th, 1959
65 years ago
Category
Scientists & Innovators
Country
United Kingdom
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Contributed to the development of machine learning and inductive programming. Served as a professor at Imperial College London. Pioneered the field of algorithmic learning and proposed significant theories in inductive reasoning. Led research projects that advanced the understanding of logic-based learning systems.
Developed Inductive Logic Programming (ILP)
Contributed to machine learning research
Authored influential papers in computer science
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