Jaime Carbonell
Jaime Carbonell researched machine learning, translation and language technology. He earned his Yale doctorate and joined CMU in 1979. He directed its translation center from 1986 to 1996 and the Language Technologies Institute from 1996. His shared work includes KANT translation, PRODIGY planning, maximal marginal relevance with Jade Goldstein and proactive learning with Pinar Donmez. AAAI elected him a Fellow in 1991. He became University Professor in 2012 and died in February 2020.
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- 469
- Citations
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- h-index
- 64
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Timeline
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1979
Doctoral study and CMU
Carbonell earned a Yale computer-science doctorate in 1979 and became a CMU assistant professor that year. His later work connected language processing, learning and reasoning. He also earned earlier MIT degrees in physics and mathematics.
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Mid-1980s–1996
Translation research and an institute
Carbonell directed the Center for Machine Translation from 1986 to 1996 and led the Language Technologies Institute from 1996. He worked with Eric Nyberg and Teruko Mitamura on KANT translation and other language systems.
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Research career and 1991 recognition
Learning and summarization
Carbonell developed maximal marginal relevance with Jade Goldstein and proactive learning with Pinar Donmez. He also worked with Steven Minton and Manuela Veloso on PRODIGY planning. AAAI elected him a Fellow in 1991.
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2012–2020
Later career and life
Carbonell became a CMU University Professor in 2012. He died in February 2020.
Sources and credits
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