Leslie Gabriel Valiant is a British American computer scientist and computational theorist, currently the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. He was awarded the Turing Award in 2010, described by the ACM as a heroic figure in theoretical computer science for his combination of depth and breadth in addressing some of the deepest unsolved problems in the field.
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Notable WorkProbably Approximately Correct (PAC) model of learning 2 Field
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born 28 March 1949
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is a British American computer scientist
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He created the Probably Approximately Correct or PAC model of learning that introduced the field of Computational Learning Theory and became a theoretical basis for the development of Machine Learning.
Works In: Mathematics, Infobox, fields
Infobox fields: Mathematics; Theoretical computer science; Computational learning theory; Theoretical neuroscience
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Infobox fields: Mathematics; Theoretical computer science; Computational learning theory; Theoretical neuroscience
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He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1991, a Fellow of the Associat
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Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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