David A. McAllester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David A. McAllester

American academic

Date of Birth: 30-May-1956

Place of Birth: United States of America, United States

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

David A.
McAllester (born May 30, 1956) is an American computer scientist who is Professor and former Chief Academic Officer at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago.
He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978, 1979, and 1987 respectively.
His PhD was supervised by Gerald Sussman.
He served on the faculty of Cornell University for the academic year of 1987-1988 and on the faculty of MIT from 1988 to 1995.
He was a member of technical staff at AT&T Labs-Research from 1995 to 2002.
He has been a fellow of the American Association of Artificial Intelligence since 1997.
He has authored over 100 refereed publications. McAllester's research areas include machine learning theory, the theory of programming languages, automated reasoning, AI planning, computer game playing (computer chess), and computational linguistics.
A 1991 paper on AI planning proved to be one of the most influential papers of the decade in that area.
A 1993 paper on computer game algorithms influenced the design of the algorithms used in the Deep Blue system that defeated Garry Kasparov.
A 1998 paper on machine learning theory introduced PAC-Bayesian theorems which combine Bayesian and non-Bayesian methods.
His plans for future research are focused on the integration of semantics into statistical approaches to computational linguistics.