About Jeff Heaton
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Jeff Heaton
Jeff Heaton is an author, consultant, artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and former college instructor. Heaton has penned more than a dozen books on topics including AI, virtual worlds, spiders and bots. Heaton leads the Encog project, an open source initiative to provide an advanced neural network and bot framework for Java and C#. A Sun Certified Java Programmer, a member of the ACM and a Senior Member of the IEEE, he holds a Masters Degree in Information Management from Washington University in St. Louis. Heaton lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Tracy. Jeff and Tracy are both Star Trek and Doctor Who fans. They also enjoy adventures and got married in a helicopter over Las Vegas, NV. They have traveled to many places in the United States as well as Canada, Mexico, England, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and Spain. Tracy has been to even more countries and speaks three languages! |
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Summary
- The Encog Project - The Encog project is a an open source neural network and bot framework for both Java and Microsoft DotNet. Jeff is the leader of the Encog project.
- Second Life - Second Life is a virtual world that allows its residents to create and script objects inside of this world. Known as Encog Dod in Second Life, Jeff has written several books on Second Life content creation.
- Spider Programming - Spiders and bots allow programs to access and process data on the web. Jeff has written numerous books on spider and bot programming.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial Intelligence is a broad term that describes the field that seeks to give computers human-like intelligence. - Education - Jeff has a Masters of Information Management from Washington University in St. Louis. Jeff has also taught a number of college level courses for Maryville University.