Leslie G. Valiant

30.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
99 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

About

Leslie G. Valiant is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Leslie G. Valiant has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 54 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 19 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Leslie G. Valiant's work include Machine Learning and Algorithms (28 papers), Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (25 papers) and Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (23 papers). Leslie G. Valiant is often cited by papers focused on Machine Learning and Algorithms (28 papers), Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (25 papers) and Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (23 papers). Leslie G. Valiant collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Leslie G. Valiant's co-authors include Michael Kearns, Vijay V. Vazirani, Dana Angluin, Gordon Brebner, Mark Jerrum, Leonard Pitt, Alexandros V. Gerbessiotis, David Haussler, John H. Reif and Nicholas Pippenger and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Current Opinion in Neurobiology and Artificial Intelligence.

In The Last Decade

Leslie G. Valiant

98 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

A theory of the learnable 1979 2026 1994 2010 1984 1990 1984 1979 1979 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leslie G. Valiant United States 44 9.4k 6.7k 4.6k 2.1k 1.5k 99 16.7k
John E. Hopcroft United States 56 6.3k 0.7× 8.0k 1.2× 4.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 171 18.3k
Richard M. Karp United States 73 6.2k 0.7× 7.1k 1.1× 14.6k 3.2× 3.2k 1.5× 1.7k 1.1× 263 28.9k
V. J. Rayward‐Smith United Kingdom 20 4.5k 0.5× 2.6k 0.4× 5.0k 1.1× 2.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 76 14.5k
Mihalis Yannakakis United States 61 4.7k 0.5× 8.0k 1.2× 5.9k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 649 0.4× 205 14.8k
John N. Tsitsiklis United States 65 7.0k 0.7× 3.4k 0.5× 10.0k 2.2× 490 0.2× 1.3k 0.9× 262 23.6k
Andrew Chi-Chih Yao United States 42 8.1k 0.9× 3.9k 0.6× 2.4k 0.5× 400 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 150 12.0k
Fan Chung United States 48 3.8k 0.4× 4.3k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 299 0.1× 2.3k 1.5× 270 15.4k
Thomas H. Cormen United States 16 4.8k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 6.5k 1.4× 2.8k 1.3× 2.5k 1.6× 44 16.3k
Avi Wigderson United States 53 8.3k 0.9× 7.6k 1.1× 2.7k 0.6× 289 0.1× 684 0.4× 294 12.5k
Christos H. Papadimitriou United States 60 3.6k 0.4× 3.7k 0.6× 5.6k 1.2× 689 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 202 12.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (2013). What must a global theory of cortex explain?. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 25. 15–19. 9 indexed citations
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Michael, Loizos & Leslie G. Valiant. (2008). A first experimental demonstration of massive knowledge infusion. Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. 17(4). 378–388. 18 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (2006). Knowledge infusion. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 1546–1551. 11 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (2005). Memorization and Association on a Realistic Neural Model. Neural Computation. 17(3). 527–555. 22 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (2000). Robust logics. Artificial Intelligence. 117(2). 231–253. 38 indexed citations
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Khardon, Roni, Dan Roth, & Leslie G. Valiant. (1999). Relational Learning for NLP using Linear Threshold Elements. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2(9227). 911–917. 18 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1995). Cognitive Computation (Extended Abstract).. 2–3. 1 indexed citations
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Warmuth, Manfred K. & Leslie G. Valiant. (1991). Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Workshop on Computational Learning Theory, University of California, Santa Cruz, August 5-7, 1991. 2 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1988). Functionality in neural nets. Conference on Learning Theory. 28–39. 23 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1988). Optimally universal parallel computers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 326(1591). 373–376. 9 indexed citations
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Ehrenfeucht, A., David Haussler, Michael Kearns, & Leslie G. Valiant. (1988). A general lower bound on the number of examples needed for learning. Conference on Learning Theory. 139–154. 100 indexed citations
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Jerrum, Mark, Leslie G. Valiant, & Vijay V. Vazirani. (1986). Random generation of combinatorial structures from a uniform. Theoretical Computer Science. 43(2). 169–188. 160 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1984). Deductive learning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 312(1522). 441–446. 15 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1984). A theory of the learnable. Communications of the ACM. 27(11). 1134–1142. 1926 indexed citations breakdown →
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1982). A Scheme for Fast Parallel Communication. SIAM Journal on Computing. 11(2). 350–361. 447 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1981). Universality considerations in VLSI circuits. IEEE Transactions on Computers. C-30(2). 135–140. 209 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1979). The complexity of computing the permanent. Theoretical Computer Science. 8(2). 189–201. 1423 indexed citations breakdown →
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Angluin, Dana & Leslie G. Valiant. (1979). Fast probabilistic algorithms for hamiltonian circuits and matchings. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 18(2). 155–193. 391 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1976). The Equivalence Problem for D0L Systems and its Decidability for Binary Alphabets.. International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming. 31–37. 4 indexed citations
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Valiant, Leslie G.. (1974). The equivalence problem for deterministic finite-turn pushdown automata. Information and Control. 25(2). 123–133. 73 indexed citations

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