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David Blei(1970)
David Blei is a recipient of the ACM Prize in Computing (2017) from United States. They were educated at Brown University and University of California, Berkeley. They have been affiliated with Princeton University.
United States
1
Major Awards
403
Publications
76,438
Citations
83
h-index
209
i10-index
189.7
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
HDP-Flow: Generalizable Bayesian Nonparametric Model for Time Series State Discovery
Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence(2025)
1
citations
#5
1
citations
#8
Estimating Wage Disparities Using Foundation Models
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America(2024)
7
citations
#9
EigenVI: score-based variational inference with orthogonal function expansions
Neural Information Processing Systems(2024)
12
citations
#10
Batch and match: black-box variational inference with a score-based divergence
International Conference on Machine Learning(2024)
16
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksHDP-Flow: Generalizable Bayesian Nonparametric Model for Time Series State Discovery
Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence2025
1citations
3citations
1citations
Hierarchical Causal Models
Journal of machine learning research2024
8citations
Estimating the Causal Effects of T Cell Receptors
arXiv.org2024
1citations
Estimating Wage Disparities Using Foundation Models
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024
7citations
EigenVI: score-based variational inference with orthogonal function expansions
Neural Information Processing Systems2024
12citations
Batch and match: black-box variational inference with a score-based divergence
International Conference on Machine Learning2024
16citations
Career History
Professor
Columbia University
New York, US
External Profiles
Education
Brown University
University of California, Berkeley
Doctoral Advisors
Rajesh RanganathJordan Boyd-GraberAdji Bousso DiengGüngör PolatkanSean M. GerrishYixin WangMichael I. Jordan
Career Timeline
Princeton University?–present
Columbia University?–present
Top Publications
<i>De novo</i>
gene signature identification from single‐cell
<scp>RNA</scp>
‐seq with hierarchical Poisson factorization
Molecular Systems Biology2019109 citations
Adjusting for indirectly measured confounding using large-scale propensity score
Journal of Biomedical Informatics202241 citations
Causal inference from text: A commentary
Science Advances20226 citations
Double Empirical Bayes Testing
International Statistical Review20202 citations
Variational inference for microbiome survey data with application to global ocean data
ISME Communications20250 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
DS
Daniel Spielman
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2023)
OR
Omer Reingold
ACM Prize in Computing (2023)
RR
Ran Raz
ACM Prize in Computing (2023)
SA
Sanjeev Arora
Knuth Prize (2022)
PA
Pieter Abbeel
ACM Prize in Computing (2021)
AM
Aleksander Mądry
ACM Prize in Computing (2021)
SA
Scott Aaronson
ACM Prize in Computing (2020)
CD
Constantinos Daskalakis
ACM Prize in Computing (2019)
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