Andrew Barto

Professor of computer science
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Andrew Barto (born 1948[1]) is an American engineer, computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher, and university teacher[2][3]. His work spans computer science, artificial intelligence, informatics, and machine learning[3].

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[7]
  • Field of work: computer science[8], artificial intelligence[9], informatics[10], machine learning[11], learning system[12]
  • Employer: University of Massachusetts Amherst[13]
  • Educated at: University of Michigan[14], University of Massachusetts Amherst[15]
  • Doctoral advisor: Bernard P. Zeigler[16]
  • Award received: IEEE Fellow[17], Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18], IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[19]
  • Member of: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[20]
  • Sex or gender: male[21]
  • Doctoral student: Richard S. Sutton[22], Jonathan Richard Bachrach[23], Theodore J. Perkins[24], Satinder Singh[25], Robert A. Jacobs[26], Balaraman Ravindran[27], Özgür Şimşek[28], Scott Kuindersma[29]
  • Given name: Andrew[30]
  • Official website: http://www-all.cs.umass.edu/~barto[31]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[32]

Why It Matters

Andrew Barto has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] He is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

His notable doctoral advisees include Richard S. Sutton[35], a computer scientist[36], b. 1950[37], of Canada[38], awarded the AAAI Fellow[39], specialised in reinforcement learning[40]; Satinder Singh[41], a computer scientist[42], b. 2000[43], awarded the AAAI Fellow[44], specialised in artificial intelligence[45]; and Theodore J. Perkins[46], a computer scientist[47].

FAQs

What did Andrew Barto do for work?

Andrew Barto worked as an engineer[2], computer scientist[3], artificial intelligence researcher[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Andrew Barto go to school?

Andrew Barto was educated at University of Michigan[14] and University of Massachusetts Amherst[15].

What awards did Andrew Barto receive?

Honors received include IEEE Fellow[17], Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[18], and IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award[19].

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  1. [21] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [1] ↑ . SUDOC. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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