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John Langford (musician)
John Langford may refer to: * John Langford (engineer), president of Aurora Flight Sciences *John Langford (computer scientist), at Microsoft Research * John Langford (rugby union) (born 1968), Australian rugby union player *John Alfred Langford (1823–1903), English journalist, poet and antiquary See also *Jon Langford Jonathan Denis Langford (born 11 October 1957) is a Welsh musician and artist based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Langford is a founder member of the punk band The Mekons, the post-punk group The Three Johns, and the alternative count ... (born 1957), musician and artist * John Langford-Holt (1916–1993), British politician {{DEFAULTSORT:Langford, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Langford (engineer)
Dr. John S. Langford is the Founder and CEO of Electra.aero, a startup developing hybrid electric aircraft for regional mobility, flying the Electra EL-2 Goldfinch as a demonstrator. He managed the MIT Daedalus human powered aircraft project while he was a student at MIT. He founded Aurora Flight Sciences in 1989. He was elected President of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in April 2017. Education and career Langford received his Ph.D. from MIT in the field of aeronautics and public policy. He also received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in aeronautics and astronautics and a Master of Science in defense policy and arms control from MIT. He founded Aurora Flight Sciences in 1989 in order to design and manufacture high altitude UAVs that could be used for global climate change research, and was its President and C.E.O. In 2004, Langford received Virginia’s Outstanding Industrialist award for his contribution to business development in Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Langford (computer Scientist)
John Langford (born January 2, 1975) is a computer scientist working in machine learning and Computational learning theory, learning theory, a field that he says, "is shifting from an academic discipline to an industrial tool". He is well known for work on the Isomap embedding algorithm, CAPTCHA challenges, Cover tree, Cover Trees for nearest neighbor search, Multi-armed bandit#Contextual bandit, Contextual Bandits (which he coined) for reinforcement learning applications, and learning reductions. John is the author of the blog]hunch.netand the principal developer of Vowpal Wabbit. He works at Microsoft Research New York, of which he was one of the founding members, and was previously affiliated with Yahoo! Research, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, and IBM's Watson Research Center. He studied Physics and Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology, earning a double bachelor's degree in 1997, and he received his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Langford (rugby Union)
John Langford is an Australian rugby union player. He played as a Lock. He played for Sydney University, Gordon, Brumbies, Munster, and Australia. References External linksMunster profile* {{DEFAULTSORT:Langford, John 1968 births Living people Australia international rugby union players Australian rugby union players ACT Brumbies players Munster Rugby players Rugby union players from Wagga Wagga Rugby union locks Sydney University Football Club players Gordon RFC players New South Wales rugby union team players 20th-century Australian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alfred Langford
John Alfred Langford (12 September 1823 – 24 January 1903) was an English journalist, poet and antiquary in Birmingham. Early life Born in Crawley's Court, Bradford Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Langford was the second surviving son of John Langford, who came to Birmingham from Wales in 1815, started business in 1828 as a chairmaker. He owed his early education to his mother, Harriet Eaton, a paralysed invalid. After attending a private school in Brixhall Street, Deritend (1829–33), Langford entered his father's chair-making business at ten, and was apprenticed when thirteen in 1836. He read widely for himself. At 19, while still an apprentice, he married, and at 21 was a journeyman earning a guinea a week. While still young he studied at Birmingham's Mechanics' Institute. Later Langford drew on his early experiences as a pattern for self-help. Activism and journalism In 1846 Langford became secretary of the newly established Birmingham Co-operative Society. In August 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Langford
Jonathan Denis Langford (born 11 October 1957) is a Welsh musician and artist based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Langford is a founder member of the punk band The Mekons, the post-punk group The Three Johns, and the alternative country ensembles The Waco Brothers and Pine Valley Cosmonauts. Early life Langford was born in Newport, Wales, the youngest son of Kit Langford and Denis Langford, a registered chartered accountant for Lloyd's Brewery and Deloitte & Touche. Langford's older brother is science-fiction author and critic David Langford, who lives in Reading, Berkshire. When he was young, Langford would visit his grandparents in Croesyceiliog, whose family friend ran two pubs, the Cambrian Arms and The Six in Hand. He attended Gaer Infants School and Gaer Junior School, then Brynglas Primary School, the Newport High School middle school on Queen's Hill. In 1972–1973, after playing rugby and football, at the age of 15 Langford decided he liked playing mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
