Daniel Sabey Weld is an American computer scientist who 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]
Daniel Sabey Weld | |
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| Born | September 13, 1960 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | MIT Yale University 1982[2] |
| Known for | automated planning and scheduling, software agents[3] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
| Thesis | Theories of Comparative Analysis (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Tomás Lozano-Pérez[1] |
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.[2][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]
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- ^ "The Mathematics Genealogy Project". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ a b "Daniel S. Weld" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ a b "Elected AAAI Fellows". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ Daniel S. Weld (2008-11-11). "Intelligence in Wikipedia". YouTube. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
- ^ "Dan Weld". Madrona. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Daniel S. Weld". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ "ACM: Fellows Award/Daniel S Weld". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
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