Ryszard S. Michalski

Ryszard S. Michalski
Ryszard S. Michalski
Born	Ryszard Stanisław Michalski; May 7, 1937; Kalusz
Died	September 20, 2007 (aged 70); Fairfax
Alma mater	Silesian University of Technology (Ph.D, 1969); Polytechnic Institute of St. Petersburg (MS, 1961); Universities of Technology, Krakow and Warsaw (BS, 1954–1959);
Known for	A Father of machine learning ; The first practical expert system that learned its decision rules from examples (1977); Inferential theory of learning (ITL) ; Learnable evolution model (LEM) ; An early successful handwritten alpha-numeric characters recognizing system (1969) ; Co-founder of Machine Learning (1986)
Spouse	Elizabeth Marchut-Michalski
Awards	Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2007) ; Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2000) ; Fellow of AAAI
	Scientific career
Fields	Machine learning, Artificial intelligence
Institutions	George Mason University (1988–) ; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1970–1987) ; Institute of Automation of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (1962–1970) ; Institute of Computer Science of PAS (part time)
Doctoral students	Hugo de Garis
Website	www.mli.gmu.edu/michalski/

Ryszard Stanisław Michalski (May 7, 1937 – September 20, 2007) was a Polish-American computer scientist. Michalski was Professor at George Mason University and a pioneer in the field of machine learning.

Ryszard S. Michalski
Born	Ryszard Stanisław Michalski (1937-05-07)May 7, 1937 Kalusz
Died	September 20, 2007(2007-09-20) (aged 70) Fairfax
Alma mater	Silesian University of Technology (Ph.D, 1969) Polytechnic Institute of St. Petersburg (MS, 1961) Universities of Technology, Krakow and Warsaw (BS, 1954–1959)
Known for	A Father of machine learning The first practical expert system that learned its decision rules from examples (1977) Inferential theory of learning (ITL) Learnable evolution model (LEM) An early successful handwritten alpha-numeric characters recognizing system (1969) Co-founder of Machine Learning (1986)
Spouse	Elizabeth Marchut-Michalski
Awards	Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2007) Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2000) Fellow of AAAI
Scientific career
Fields	Machine learning, Artificial intelligence
Institutions	George Mason University (1988–) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1970–1987) Institute of Automation of Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (1962–1970) Institute of Computer Science of PAS (part time)
Doctoral students	Hugo de Garis

Website	www.mli.gmu.edu/michalski/