Richard S. Sutton

Canadian computer scientist
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Summary

Richard S. Sutton was born on 1950[1] in Ohio[2]. He has worked as a computer scientist[3], engineer[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], and university teacher[6]. He ranks in the top 0.69% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,540 views/month, #6,948 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Canada[8]
  • Field of work: reinforcement learning[9], informatics[10], artificial intelligence[11], machine learning[12], computer science[13]
  • Employer: University of Alberta[14]
  • Educated at: University of Massachusetts Amherst[15], Stanford University[16]
  • Doctoral advisor: Andrew Barto[17]
  • Award received: AAAI Fellow[18], Fellow of the Royal Society[19], Turing Award[20], Lifetime Achievement Award of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association[21]
  • Member of: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence[22], Royal Society[23]
  • Sex or gender: male[24]
  • Doctoral student: Doina Precup[25], David Silver[26]
  • Commons category: Richard S. Sutton[27]
  • Residence: Canada[28]
  • Family name: Sutton[29]
  • Given name: Richard[30]
  • Official website: http://richsutton.com[31]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[32]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[33]

Why It Matters

Richard S. Sutton has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] He is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

His notable doctoral advisees include David Silver[36], a computer scientist[37], b. 2000[38], awarded the ACM Prize in Computing[39].

FAQs

Where was Richard S. Sutton born?

Richard S. Sutton's place of birth was Ohio[2].

What did Richard S. Sutton do for work?

Richard S. Sutton worked as a computer scientist[3], engineer[4], artificial intelligence researcher[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Richard S. Sutton go to school?

Richard S. Sutton was educated at University of Massachusetts Amherst[15] and Stanford University[16].

What awards did Richard S. Sutton receive?

Honors received include AAAI Fellow[18], Fellow of the Royal Society[19], Turing Award[20], and Lifetime Achievement Award of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association[21].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . aaai.org. aaai.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . royalsociety.org. Retrieved . royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . nsf.gov. Retrieved . nsf.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . caiac.ca. Retrieved . caiac.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . royalsociety.org. Retrieved . royalsociety.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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