Harry Klopf

Harry Klopf (1941 - 1997) was an American computer scientist and electric engineer who specialized in machine learning.

Harry Klopf
Born1941 (1941)
United States
Died25 May 1997(1997-05-25) (aged 55–56)
New Carlisle, Ohio
OccupationResearch Scientist
Scientific career
FieldsComputer Science, Electrical Engineering

According to Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto, he was the "individual most responsible for reviving the trial-and-error thread to reinforcement learning within artificial intelligence".

Biography

He was born in 1941.

He was married to Joan Klopf.

He died on 25 May 1997 in New Carlisle, Ohio.

Education

He studied electrical engineering and computer science and became an expert in both.[citation needed]

Career

He worked as a senior scientist in machine learning at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

He was the academic collaborator of Richard S. Sutton and Andrew Barto, both of whom have won the Turing Award.

Bibliography

He is the author of a number of notable books:

  • Brain Function and Adaptive Systems: A Heterostatic Theory
  • The Hedonistic Neuron: A Theory of Memory, Learning
  • A Neuronal Model of Classical Conditioning

See also

  • Hebbian theory
  • Richard S. Sutton
  • Andrew Barto

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