Daphne Koller
Israeli-American computer scientist who co-founded Coursera and leads insitro
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Daphne Koller is an Israeli-American computer scientist who was a Stanford professor specialising in probabilistic reasoning, co-founded the online-learning platform Coursera with Andrew Ng and founded insitro, which uses machine learning for drug discovery.
Biography
Education
Koller earned her degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem by 19 and a PhD at Stanford in 1993.
Stanford
As a Stanford professor from 1995 she worked on probabilistic graphical models and applied them to biology. Her textbook with Nir Friedman became standard. She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004.
Coursera
In 2012 she and Andrew Ng founded Coursera, offering free online courses from top universities; it grew to more than 100 million learners.
insitro
After working at Google’s Calico, she founded insitro in 2018 to combine machine learning and biology for drug discovery.
Timeline
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1968
Born in Jerusalem, Israel
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1993
PhD from Stanford
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1995
Joins the Stanford faculty
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2004
MacArthur Fellowship
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2009
Probabilistic Graphical Models textbook
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2012
Co-founds Coursera
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2016
Joins Calico
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2018
Founds insitro
Notable works
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2009
Probabilistic Graphical Models Book
With Nir Friedman.
Awards and honours
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MacArthur Fellowship
2004
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ACM Prize in Computing
2007
Did you know?
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1
She was the first recipient of the ACM Prize in Computing.
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2
She finished her master’s degree at 18.
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3
Time listed her among the 100 most influential people in 2012.
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Frequently asked
Who is Daphne Koller?
Daphne Koller is an Israeli-American computer scientist who was a Stanford professor specialising in probabilistic reasoning, co-founded the online-learning platform Coursera with Andrew Ng and founded insitro, which uses machine learning for drug discovery.
How old is Daphne Koller?
Daphne Koller is 58 years old, born on 27 August 1968 in Jerusalem, Israel.
Where is Daphne Koller from?
Daphne Koller was born in Jerusalem, Israel.
What is Daphne Koller known for?
Daphne Koller is best known for Probabilistic graphical models; co-founding Coursera (2012); founding insitro (2018).
What awards has Daphne Koller received?
Notable honours include MacArthur Fellowship (2004), ACM Prize in Computing (2007).
References
- Daphne Koller — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Daphne Koller — Hindi Wikipedia. Wikipedia (Hindi). Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Official website. ai.stanford.edu. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Daphne Koller (Q11755) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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