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American scientist

For other people named Michael Jordan, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation).

Michael Irwin JordanForMemRS^[6] (born February 25, ) is an American scientist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, research scientist at the Inria Paris, and researcher in machine learning, statistics, and artificial intelligence.^[7][8][9]

Jordan was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in for contributions to the foundations and applications of machine learning.

He is one of the leading figures in machine learning, and in Science reported him as the world's most influential computer scientist.^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]}

In , Jordan won the inaugural World Laureates Association Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics, "for fundamental contributions to the foundations of machine learning and its application."^[16][