machine learning

[ muh-sheen lur-ning ]

noun

, Computers, Digital Technology.

1. the capacity of a computer to process and evaluate data beyond programmed algorithms, through contextualized inference (often used attributively). cognitive computing ( def ), deep learning ( def ), neural network ( def 2 ).

machine learning

noun

1. a branch of artificial intelligence in which a computer generates rules underlying or based on raw data that has been fed into it

Word History and Origins

Origin of machine learning¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

"The use of machine learning helped us to identify clear signatures for these unique systems that we weren't able to easily identify with just a few datapoints alone," says co-author Joshua Speagle, a professor in the David A. Dunlap Department for Astronomy & Astrophysics and Department of Statistical Sciences at U of T. "It also allowed us to automate our search across hundreds of clusters, a task that would have been impossible if we were trying to identify these systems manually."

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The researchers used machine learning to analyze data from three major sources: the European Space Agency's Gaia mission -- a space telescope that has studied over a billion stars in our galaxy -- along with observations from the 2MASS and Pan-STARRS1 surveys.

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The Yakimovich group "Machine Learning for Infection and Disease" aims to understand the complex network of molecular interactions that is active after the body has been infected with a pathogen.

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The use of the new possibilities of machine learning is key here.

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In contrast, the author's machine learning algorithm is equipped with atmospheric physics equations that can produce more accurate results faster and with less data.

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