Allen Newell Scientist

Allen Newell (/ˈnuːəl, ˈnjuː-/; March 19, 1927 – July 19, 1992) was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Department of Psychology. He contributed to the Information Processing Language (1956) and two of the earliest AI programs, the Logic Theory Machine (1956) and the General Problem Solver (1957) (with Herbert A. Simon). He was awarded the ACM's A.M. Turing Award along with Herbert A. Simon in 1975 for their basic contributions to artificial intelligence and the psychology of human cognition.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 19, 1927
Birth place
San Francisco
Date of deathJuly 19, 1992
Place of death
Pittsburgh
Education
Princeton University
Stanford University
Carnegie Mellon University
Known for
Information Processing Language
Soar (cognitive architecture)

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awards
Turing Award
National Medal of Science
Franklin Institute
doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Hans Berliner
Stuart Card
Field of study
Cognitive psychology
Computer science

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External resources

  1. http://diva.library.cmu.edu/Newell/biography.html
  2. http://diva.library.cmu.edu/Newell/index.html
  3. http://erg4146.casaccia.enea.it/Newell-L.htm
  4. http://purl.umn.edu/107544
  5. http://shelf1.library.cmu.edu/IMLS/MindModels/index.html
  6. http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/display.phtml?id=148
  7. http://www.interaction-design.org/references/authors/allen_newell.html
  8. http://www.umsl.edu/~piccininig/Newell%205.htm