Ben Taskar

Ben Taskar (March 3, 1977 – November 18, 2013) was a professor and researcher in the area of machine learning and applications to computational linguistics and computer vision. He was a Magerman Term Associate Professor for Computer and Information Science at University of Pennsylvania. He co-directed PRiML: Penn Research in Machine Learning, a joint venture between the School of Engineering and Wharton. He was also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Public Policy. At the University of Washington, he held the Boeing Professorship.

He was the first person to define Max-margin Markov networks and a pioneer in statistical relational learning.

Articles

 * UW CSE News, Ben Taskar memorial, https://news.cs.washington.edu/2013/11/18/ben-taskar-1977-2013/
 * "Geek Wire", UW computer science professor Ben Taskar passes away at 36 news, http://www.geekwire.com/2013/uw-computer-science-professor-ben-taskar-dies-37/