Robert Hecht-Nielsen
Robert Hecht-Nielsen | |
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| Born | July 18, 1947 San Francisco, California, US |
| Died | May 25, 2019 (aged 71) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University |
| Known for | Artificial Neural Networks, Confabulation Theory, HNC Inc. |
| Awards | INNS Gabor Award, IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award, IEEE Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Artificial Neural Network |
| Institutions | University of California, San Diego |
Robert Hecht-Nielsen (July 18, 1947 – May 25, 2019) was an American computer scientist, neuroscientist, entrepreneur and professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, San Diego. He co-founded HNC Software Inc. (NASDAQ: HNCS) in 1986 which went on to develop the pervasive card fraud detection system, Falcon®. He became a vice president of R&D at Fair Isaac Corporation when it acquired the company in 2002.