Researcher · Academic
Chih-Jen Lin
National Taiwan UniversityDistinguished Professor
Chih-Jen Lin helped make machine learning practical through LIBSVM and LIBLINEAR, widely used software for learning from data and making predictions. His tools let researchers and developers apply powerful methods without building them from scratch.
Career & education
Current roleNational Taiwan University2011-presentDistinguished Professor
National Taiwan University2011-present
University of MichiganWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations128,825As of Nov 1, '26
citations+350Since last snapshot, Oct 1, '26
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