Ben Taskar

Ben Taskar

Ben Taskar ( - Nov 18, 2013)was a professor and researcher in the area of machine learning and applications to computational linguistics and computer vision. He was a Magerman Term Associate Professor for Computer and Information Science at University of Pennsylvania. He co-directed PRiML: Penn Research in Machine Learning, a joint venture between the School of Engineering and Wharton. He was also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Public Policy.

He was the first person to define Max-margin Markov networks and pioneer in statistical relational learning.

References

• Taskar, Ben A. (2007). Introduction to statistical relational learning. MIT Press.
• Taskar, Ben (2010). A Survey on Statistical Relational Learning. Springer.

Articles

• UW CSE News, UW computer science professor Ben Taskar passes away at 36 news, http://www.geekwire.com/2013/uw-computer-science-professor-ben-taskar-dies-37/