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Paul Werbos

American social scientist and machine learning pioneer (born 1947)

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Werbos was one of the original three two-year Presidents of the International Neural Network Society (INNS). In 1995, he was awarded the IEEE Neural Network Pioneer Award for the discovery of backpropagation and other basic neural network learning frameworks, such as Adaptive Dynamic Programming.

Werbos has also written on quantum mechanics and other areas of physics. He also has interest in larger questions relating to consciousness, the foundations of physics, and human potential. He has also written extensively on how climate change poses a threat to humanity.

He served as program director in the National Science Foundation for several years until 2015.

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