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Daphne Koller

(1968) Computer Scientist United States

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Daphne Koller is a computer scientist from the United States, best known for Probabilistic Graphical Models.

Quick Facts About Daphne Koller

Born: August 27, 1968
Nationality: United States
Profession: Computer Scientist
Notable works: Probabilistic Graphical Models
Known for: Coursera

About Daphne Koller

Daphne Koller is an Israeli-American computer scientist. She was a professor in the department of computer science at Stanford University and a MacArthur Foundation fellowship recipient. She is one of the founders of Coursera, an online education platform. Her general research area is artificial intelligence and its applications in the biomedical sciences. Koller was featured in a 2004 article by MIT Technology Review titled "10 Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World" concerning the topic of Bayesian machine learning.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

MacArthur Fellows Program Computer Pioneer Award IJCAI Computers and Thought Award AAAI Fellow ISCB Fellow ACM Prize in Computing ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Continuing Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

Quotes by Daphne Koller

Start marching forward, even when into the new and unknown, and don't be deterred by obstacles.

Adversity

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Even though there is rampant unemployment in many parts of the world, there are still large numbers of jobs that are going…

Because

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Juggling a career and a family is a challenge for anyone, and even more so (in general) for women. Probably the most…

Advice

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Our approach to education has remained largely unchanged since the Renaissance: From middle school through college, most teaching is done by an…

Approach

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High-quality education provided by MOOCs can be a significant factor in opening doors to opportunity—even among the college-educated.

College

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Not everything that happens in an in-person classroom is currently replicated with an online course, and perhaps the experience will never be…

Been

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I would like to make it so that education was a right, and not a privilege.

Education

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Universities have come to realize that online is not a fad. The question is not whether to engage in this area but…

Area

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Online education, then, can serve two goals. For students lucky enough to have access to great teachers, blended learning can mean even…

Access

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As a society, we can and should invest more money in education.

Education

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If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We…

Better

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The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty.

Deal

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In many of our [online] courses, the median response time for a question on the question and answer forum was 22 minutes…

Answers

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There are so many people around the world in need of high-quality education and really starving for education.

Around

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I feel strongly that degrees are really valuable to people, and having MOOCs allow for credit down the line will increase the…

Allow

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Current ethos in Silicon Valley is that if you build a website that people keep coming back to and is changing the…

Back

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