Researcher · Academic
Leo Breiman
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Current role not listed
Breiman changed machine learning by insisting that predictive performance and real data should guide statistical practice. He co-created classification and regression trees, introduced bagging and developed random forests, an ensemble of decision trees that remains a standard method for tabular data.
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Background
Previously
Until 2005Professor of Statistics,
UC Berkeley
UC BerkeleyLifespan1928–2005
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Last editorial review: August 10, 2026