John McCarthy Scientist

John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. McCarthy was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence. He coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI), developed the Lisp programming language family, significantly influenced the design of the ALGOL programming language, popularized timesharing, and was very influential in the early development of AI.McCarthy received many accolades and honors, such as the Turing Award for his contributions to the topic of AI, the United States National Medal of Science, and the Kyoto Prize.

Personal facts

John McCarthy
Birth dateSeptember 04, 1927
Birth place
Boston , United States
Date of deathOctober 24, 2011
Place of death
Stanford University , Stanford California , United States
Residence
United States
Education
California Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Known for
Artificial intelligence
Lisp (programming language)
Circumscription (logic)
Situation calculus

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awards
Turing Award
National Medal of Science
Kyoto Prize
Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)
doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Ramanathan V. Guha
Barbara Liskov
Ruzena Bajcsy
Aarati Parmar Martino
Donald Kaplan
Eyal Amir
Randall Davis

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