John McCarthy

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artificial intelligence researcher cognitive scientist computer scientist human

John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist best known as a pioneer of artificial intelligence and the creator of the Lisp programming language.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial intelligence researcher → cognitive scientist → computer scientist → human →
academicDegree	PhD in mathematics →
awardReceived	Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science → IEEE Computer Pioneer Award → IJCAI Award for Research Excellence → Kyoto Prize → National Medal of Science → Turing Award →
coFounded	MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory →
coinedTerm	artificial intelligence →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1927-09-04 →
dateOfDeath	2011-10-24 →
educatedAt	California Institute of Technology → Princeton University →
employer	Dartmouth College → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Princeton University → Stanford University →
familyName	McCarthy →
fieldOfWork	artificial intelligence → cognitive science → computer science → mathematical logic →
founded	Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory →
givenName	John →
knownFor	advice taker proposal → coining the term "artificial intelligence" → creating the Lisp programming language → pioneering artificial intelligence → situational calculus → time-sharing systems →
languageWritten	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Association for Artificial Intelligence → National Academy of Sciences →
notableStudent	Raj Reddy →
notableWork	"A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence" → "Programs with Common Sense" → Lisp programming language →
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Stanford, California, United States →
residence	Stanford, California, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
TuringAwardYear	1971 →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States → Stanford, California, United States →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gérard Huet → Raj Reddy →	doctoralAdvisor
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory →	foundedBy
Turing Award →	hasNotableRecipient
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory →	notableMember
IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award →	notableRecipient