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19591950s
Arthur Samuel
Computer scientist who coined the phrase 'machine learning' while developing a checkers program.
Organizations
IBMStanford UniversityBell Labs
Major Achievements
- •Coined the term 'Machine Learning' in 1959.
- •Developed the Samuel Checkers-playing program, one of the world's first successful self-learning programs.
- •Pioneered techniques like alpha-beta pruning and rote learning.
Key Papers
- Some Studies in Machine Learning Using the Game of Checkers
Arthur L. Samuel · IBM Journal of Research and Development · 1959