Stephen Muggleton

Computer Scientist and Engineer

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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