Daphne Koller

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artificial intelligence researcher computer scientist entrepreneur

Daphne Koller is a computer scientist and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the online education platform Coursera and for her influential work in probabilistic graphical models and machine learning.

Aliases (3)

Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques ×2
Coursera ×1
Insitro ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial intelligence researcher → computer scientist → entrepreneur →
author	Daphne Koller → Nir Friedman →
awardReceived	ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in Computing Sciences → IJCAI Computers and Thought Award → MacArthur Fellowship → Sloan Research Fellowship →
citizenship	Israel → United States of America →
coFounded	Coursera → Insitro →
coFounder	Daphne Koller → Daphne Koller →
degree	PhD in computer science →
doctoralAdvisor	Joseph Halpern →
educatedAt	Hebrew University of Jerusalem → Stanford University →
employer	Calico Labs → Coursera → Insitro → Stanford University →
field	artificial intelligence → computer science → machine learning → online education → probabilistic graphical models →
gender	female →
knownFor	co-founding Coursera → research in computational biology → research in machine learning → work on probabilistic graphical models →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Engineering → National Academy of Sciences →
nationality	American → Israeli →
notableFor	pioneering large-scale online courses (MOOCs) through Coursera →
notableWork	Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques →
occupation	company founder → professor →
positionHeld	CEO of Insitro → co-CEO of Coursera → president of Coursera → professor of computer science at Stanford University →
researchInterest	Bayesian networks → computational biology → probabilistic reasoning → structured probabilistic models →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Coursera → Insitro →	coFounder
Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques →	author
Coursera →	foundedBy
ACM Prize in Computing →	notableRecipient