Daniel S. Weld
| Daniel Sabey Weld | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 13, 1960 Boston |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
| Alma mater |
MIT Yale University 1982[1] |
| Thesis | Theories of Comparative Analysis (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Tomás Lozano-Pérez[2] |
| Doctoral students | J. Scott Penberthy, Franz Amador, Anthony Barrett, Keith Golden, Nick Kushmerick, Marc Friedman, Tessa Lau, Zachary Ives, Corin Anderson, Mausam, Krzysztof Gajos[2] |
| Known for | automated planning and scheduling, software agents[3] |
Daniel Sabey "Dan" Weld is the Thomas J. Cable/WRF Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, where he does research in automated planning and scheduling, software agents, and Internet information extraction.[4] He is a venture partner at Madrona Venture Group, a Seattle-based venture capital firm.[5]
Weld was born in 1960 in Boston. He attended high school at Phillips Academy, earned bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (1982) from Yale University, and a master's degree (1984) and PhD (1988) in Computer Science from MIT.[1][6] He is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery[7] and Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.[3]
Weld co-founded Netbot Incorporated (1996), which was acquired by Excite; AdRelevance (1998), which was acquired by Media Metrix and then by Nielsen NetRatings; and Nimble Technology (1999), which was acquired by Actuate.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Daniel S. Weld" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- 1 2 "The Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- 1 2 "Elected AAAI Fellows". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ Daniel S. Weld (2008-11-11). "Intelligence in Wikipedia". Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ↑ "Dan Weld". Madrona. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Daniel S. Weld". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ "ACM: Fellows Award/Daniel S Weld". Retrieved 2008-11-12.