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John McCarthy

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John McCarthy was an American computer scientist who coined the term artificial intelligence for the 1956 Dartmouth Summer Research Project he organized, a gathering historians treat alongside that year's MIT symposium as marking the start of both artificial intelligence and cognitive science. McCarthy went on to invent the Lisp programming language in 1958, a language built around symbolic list processing that became the standard tool for early artificial intelligence research, and to develop early concepts of time-sharing computing at Stanford University's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, which he founded.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1927 2
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1927-09-04 2
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
2011-10-24 2
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
2011 2
Field
Computer Science / Cognitive Science 1
Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account
Stanford, California, U.S. 2
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
American 2
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
Coining the term artificial intelligence and inventing the Lisp programming language 2
BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. 2
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Major PrizeSourced to the subject's own account
Turing 2
GenderSourced to the subject's own account
Male 2
Field
Field (category)
Computer Science 1
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John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.
Sources
1. Cognitive Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Section 1, History
    At this time, primitive computers had been around for only a few years, but pioneers such as John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Allen Newell, and Herbert Simon were founding the field of artificial intelligence.
  • Founded: Cognitive Science
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2. John McCarthy (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.
  • Infobox
    Known for Artificial intelligence, Lisp, circumscription, situation calculus
  • Lead paragraph
    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.
  • Lead section, pronoun use
    He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and part of just a small group of artificial intelligence researchers in the 1950s and 1960s.
  • Member Of: Dartmouth College, Infobox: workplaces
    Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Princeton University
  • Member Of: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Infobox: workplaces
    Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Princeton University
  • Member Of: Princeton University, Infobox: workplaces
    Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Princeton University
  • Member Of: Stanford University, Infobox: workplaces
    Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Princeton University
  • Member Of: Kyoto Prize, Infobox: 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)
  • Member Of: Turing Award, Infobox: 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)
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