COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Arthur Samuel

1901 - 1990

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Arthur Lee Samuel (December 5, 1901 – July 29, 1990) was an American pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He popularized the term "machine learning" in 1959. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the world's first successful self-learning programs, and as such a very early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence (AI). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Samuel has received more than 372,515 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Arthur Samuel is the 124th most popular computer scientist (down from 122nd in 2019), the 6,577th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,939th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Arthur Samuel ranks 124 out of 245. Before him are Lynn Conway, Shafi Goldwasser, Robert Fano, Bram Moolenaar, Robert C. Martin, and Jack Dongarra. After him are Bill Joy, Andy Rubin, Phil Zimmermann, John L. Hennessy, Hal Finney, and Jack Dorsey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Arthur Samuel ranks 240. Before him are Aleksandrs Čaks, Sergey Obraztsov, Charles Stark Draper, Sam Spiegel, Hermann Josef Abs, and Mildred Davis. After him are Frank Churchill, Kwon Ki-ok, Igor Ilyinsky, Arne Borg, José Planas, and Karandash. Among people deceased in 1990, Arthur Samuel ranks 206. Before him are José Luis Panizo, Otto E. Neugebauer, Walter Sedlmayr, Max Bense, Jill Esmond, and Bazilio Olara-Okello. After him are Irving Wallace, Jack Gilford, Eve Arden, Georges Lacombe, Concha Piquer, and Heitor Canalli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Samuel ranks 6,577 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Dongarra (1950), Mary Ellen Trainor (1952), John Pope (1822), Shelley Hack (1947), Florence R. Sabin (1871), and Gene Haas (1952). After him are Richard Bong (1920), William Higinbotham (1910), John Myung (1967), Richmond Landon (1898), Landon Donovan (1982), and Henry Slocum (1862).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Arthur Samuel ranks 72. Before him are David A. Huffman (1925), Scott Fahlman (1948), Peter Norton (1943), Lynn Conway (1938), Shafi Goldwasser (1958), and Jack Dongarra (1950). After him are Bill Joy (1954), Andy Rubin (1963), Phil Zimmermann (1954), John L. Hennessy (1952), Hal Finney (1956), and Jack Dorsey (1976).

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