John mccarthy

Professor John Mccarthy

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  • John McCarthy

    John McCarthy
    John McCarthy was born September 4, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts to immigrant parents John Patrick McCarthy and Ida Glatt.
    Earnest, Lester. https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/mccarthy_1118322.cfm. n.d. 20 October 2020.

  • BS in mathematics

    BS in mathematics
    John received a BS in mathematics from Caltech in 1948 Computer History Museum. https://computerhistory.org/profile/john-mccarthy/. n.d. 15 October 2020.

  • Earned PHD

    Earned PHD
    McCarthy received a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University.

  • AI

    AI
    John coined the term “AI” in 1955 in connection with a proposed summer workshop at Dartmouth College

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Work as a Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer History Museum. https://computerhistory.org/profile/john-mccarthy/. n.d. 15 October 2020.

  • List Proccessing Programming Language

    List Proccessing Programming Language
    John developed the programming language List Processing (LISP) in 1959 which became the language of choice for Artificial Intelligence. Johanns, Kate. https://smartermsp.com/tech-time-john-mccarthy-lisp/. 20 April 2018. 15 October 2020.

  • MIT to Stanford

    MIT to Stanford
    In 1962, McCarthy left MIT for Stanford University, where he continued his work and commentary on AI until

  • Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

    Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
    Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) was founded by Professor John Mccarthy in 1965, where research was conducted into machine intelligence, graphical interactive computing, and autonomous vehicles. Stanford Education . http://jmc.stanford.edu/computing-science/index.html . n.d. 15 October 2020.

  • Chess Match

    Chess Match
    Professor John Mccarthy hosted a series of four simultaneous computer chess matches carried out via telegraph against rivals in Russia. Earnest,Lester.https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/mccarthy_1118322.cfm. n.d. 20 October 2020.

  • A. M. Turing Award of the Association for Computing Machinery

    A. M. Turing Award of the Association for Computing Machinery
    McCarthy was chosen as the 1971 winner of the ACM Turing Award for his contribution to AI
    Stanford Education . http://jmc.stanford.edu/computing-science/index.html . n.d. 15 October 2020.

  • Elected President

    Elected President
    McCarthy elected President of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence for 1983-84

  • Kyoto Prize

    Kyoto Prize
    McCarthy was awarded the Kyoto Prize for his contribution to the field of Artificial Intelligence and invention of LISP Stanford Education . http://jmc.stanford.edu/computing-science/index.html . n.d. 15 October 2020.

  • National Medal of Science

    National Medal of Science
    He was National Medal of Science his contributions to computer science and artificial intelligence, and the development LISP programming language. Earnest,Lester.https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/mccarthy_1118322.cfm. n.d. 20 October 2020.

  • Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science

    Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science
    John was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal for his multiple contributions to the foundations of artificial intelligence and computer science, the invention of time-sharing interactive programming, and key developments in the application of formal logic to commonsense reasoning. Childs, Martin. http://www.independent.co.uk/new/obituaries/john-mccarthy-computer-scientist-known-father-ai-6255307.html. 01 November 2011. 15 October 2020.

  • Contibuted to AI until his Death

    Contibuted to AI until his Death
    John Mccarthy worked in AI until he passed away in 2011.