John McCarthy (computer scientist)
John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence. He co-authored the document that coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI), developed the programming language family Lisp, significantly influenced the design of the language ALGOL, popularized time-sharing, and invented garbage collection.
John McCarthy | |
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McCarthy at a conference in 2006 | |
| Born | September 4, 1927 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 2011 (aged 84) Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, California Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Artificial intelligence, Lisp, circumscription, situation calculus |
| Awards | Turing Award (1971) Computer Pioneer Award (1985) IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (1985) Kyoto Prize (1988) National Medal of Science (1990) Benjamin Franklin Medal (2003) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald C. Spencer |
| Doctoral students | Ruzena Bajcsy Ramanathan V. Guha Barbara Liskov Hans Moravec Raj Reddy |
McCarthy spent most of his career at Stanford University. He received many accolades and honors, such as the 1971 Turing Award for his contributions to the topic of AI, the United States National Medal of Science, and the Kyoto Prize.
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