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Jerome Lettvin

American psychiatrist (1920–2011)

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Born: 1920-00-00
Died: 2011-00-00
Works: 1

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Embodiments of Mind

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Type: Person
Country: US
Active from: 1926-10-29
Active to: 2003-08-24

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5 total works indexed

The Elements of Statistical Learning
· 2009 · cited 22,207x
Greedy function approximation: A gradient boosting machine.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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1920 births 2011 deaths American cognitive neuroscientists American Jews American military personnel of World War II American neurologists American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent American psychiatrists Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty MIT School of Science faculty

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· 2001 · cited 20,548x

Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

· 2001 · cited 18,514x

Regularization Paths for Generalized Linear Models via Coordinate Descent

· 2010 · cited 13,917x

Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report

· 1982 · cited 11,058x

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Born: 1920
Died: 2011

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Instance of: human
Given name: Jerome
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Chicago
Place of death: Hingham
Occupation: physiologist
Educated at: University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Field of work: neurobiology
Image: Lettvin Pitts.jpg

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