Tom Mitchell — Bapak Pembelajaran Mesin Modern

Ilmuwan komputer AS, pendiri Machine Learning Department di Carnegie Mellon (departemen pertama untuk ML). Buku standar *Machine Learning* (1997).

Mitchell: CMU ML Department founder (2006), textbook Machine Learning (1997), NELL (Never-Ending Language Learner), TD-Learning.

June 21, 2026 1 min people

Tom Mitchell

Biodata

Lahir: 1951
Profesi: Machine learning researcher

Kontribusi

Machine Learning textbook (1997) — standar industri selama 20+ tahun
CMU Machine Learning Department (2006) — departemen ML pertama di dunia
NELL (Never-Ending Language Learner) — web-scale ML yang belajar terus
TD-Learning (earlier work, bersama)

Definisi ML

Definisi formal Mitchell (1997):

“A computer program is said to learn from experience E with respect to some class of tasks T and performance measure P, if its performance at tasks in T, as measured by P, improves with experience E.”

Karier

Rutgers University (1978-1994)
Carnegie Mellon University (1994-)
Founding chair of CMU ML Department (2006)
National Academy of Engineering

Legacy

Mitchell adalah pionir ML akademis — buku textbook-nya melatih generasi ML researcher, dan departemen ML CMU menjadi model untuk program ML di seluruh dunia.