John Langford

About

Computer scientist known for his progress in the fields of machine learning and learning theory. He played a pivotal role in the Isomap embedding algorithm.

Before Fame

He received his bachelor's degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1997, and his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in 2002.

Trivia

He coined the term for Contextual Bandits, a problem run into for reinforcement learning applications. 

Family Life

He was born in the United States. 

Associated With

He often retweets Microsoft's tweets, the company founded by Bill Gates.