Dr. Thorsten Joachims

Professor

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Biography

Thorsten Joachims is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information Science at Cornell University, where he has been a faculty member since 2001. He served as Interim Dean for Cornell Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, Associate Dean for Research, and Chair of the Department of Information Science. He is the Director of the Cornell AI Initiative on Radical Collaboration and has held various leadership roles in conferences such as ICML and KDD. Joachims received his Ph.D. from the University of Dortmund in 2001, where he also completed his Diplom in Computer Science in 1997. His research interests focus on machine learning, particularly in implicit feedback, learning from human behavioral data, and developing systems for recommendation and search engines. He has won multiple awards, including ACM Fellow and AAAI Fellow, and contributed significantly to the fields of machine learning, ranking, and AI systems evaluation.

Research Interests

Machine Learning Implicit Feedback Human Behavioral Data Search Engines Recommendation Systems

Experience

Professor

2001-01-01 — Present

Cornell University • Ithaca, NY

Joined the faculty of Cornell University, working in areas of machine learning, information retrieval, and recommendation systems.

Awards

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ACM Fellow

2018-01-01
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AAAI Fellow

2018-01-01

Courses

CS3780/5780 Introduction Machine Learning CS6780 Advanced Machine Learning CS7792 Fairness Dynamics Learning Systems CS4780/5780 Introduction Machine Learning CS7792 Bias Fairness Learning Systems CS7792 Counterfactual Machine Learning CS6784 Advanced Topics Machine Learning CS/ENGRD2110 Object-Oriented Programming Data Structures CS472/473 Foundations Artificial Intelligence CS778 Topics Machine Learning: Predict Structured Objects

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture