Zachary Chase Lipton (born ) is a machine learning researcher and

jazz saxophonist Jazz saxophonists are musicians who play various types of saxophones ( alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone etc.) in jazz and its associated subgenres. The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved ove ...

from

New Rochelle, New York New Rochelle (; older french: La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the seventh-largest in the state of ...

. He is currently Chief Technology Officer and Chief Scientific Officer at Abridge. He is also an associate professor of Machine Learning at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

, where he runs the Approximately Correct Machine Intelligence (ACMI) lab. Previously, he completed his undergraduate studies at Columbia University and a PhD in Computer Science at University of California, San Diego. He is the grandson of

Issachar Miron Issachar Miron ( he, יששכר מירון; July 5, 1920 – January 29, 2015) was an Israeli and American composer, best known for the song "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena". He was also a poet, writer, educator, filmmaker and stage producer. Biography Miron ...

, the composer of the popular song Tzena, Tzena, Tzena.

Discography

* ''First Steps'' (2007)

References

External links

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ACMI Lab
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