Background
Dietterich, Thomas Glen was born on November 23, 1954 in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Paul Merritt and Charlotte Eleanor Dietterich.
Dietterich, Thomas Glen was born on November 23, 1954 in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Paul Merritt and Charlotte Eleanor Dietterich.
AB, Oberlin College, 1977; Master of Science, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1984.
Assistant professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1985-1988; associate professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1988-1995; professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, since 1995. Senior scientist Arris Pharmaceutical corporation, South San Francisco, 1991-1993.
Trustee Oberlin College, 1977-1980. Fellow: Association Advancement Artificial Intelligence, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Computing Machinery. Member Computer Society of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association Artificial Intelligence (program co-chair 1990, councilor 1990-1993), American Statistical Association, International Machine Learning Society (president 2001-2008), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Upsilon Pi Epsilon.
Married Carol Jane Rivin, April 28, 1985. Children: Noah Albert, Hannah Rose.