by the community; from the community; for the community
THE ACM A. M. TURING AWARD
“Leslie Valiant’s research in the theory of computation has revolutionized both machine learning and
artificial intelligence, making machines almost
think. His approach invites comparison with
Alan Turing himself—a novel formulation starting
from a deep fundamental insight. Intel is pleased
to support this year’s ACM Turing Award.”
Shekhar Borkar
Intel Fellow, Microprocessor Technology Lab
Intel Corporation
For more information see www.intel.com/research.
ACM, Intel and Google congratulate
LESLIE G. VALIANT
for transformative contributions to the theory of computation,
including the theory of probably approximately correct (PAC)
learning, the complexity of enumeration and of algebraic computation, and the theory of parallel and distributed computing.
“Google joins in honoring Leslie Valiant for his profound
impact on computer science research and his inspired
innovations in machine learning, an area of growing
importance in computing. We are pleased to sponsor
this award, which motivates and recognizes the great
advances in computing that together have had such a
beneficial impact on the world.”
Alfred Spector
Vice President, Research and Special Initiatives
Google Inc.
For more information, see http://www.google.com/corporate/
index.html and http://research.google.com/.