Allen Newell

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artificial intelligence researcher cognitive psychologist computer scientist human university professor

Allen Newell was a pioneering American computer scientist and cognitive psychologist best known for his foundational work in artificial intelligence and human problem-solving, often in collaboration with Herbert A. Simon.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artificial intelligence researcher → cognitive psychologist → computer scientist → human → university professor →
academicAdvisor	Herbert A. Simon →
awardReceived	ACM Software Systems Award → APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award → Harry Goode Memorial Award → IEEE Computer Pioneer Award → National Medal of Science → Turing Award →
coAuthor	Clifford Shaw → Herbert A. Simon →
coDeveloperOf	Soar →
coInventorOf	General Problem Solver → Logic Theorist →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1927-03-19 →
dateOfDeath	1992-07-19 →
educatedAt	Princeton University → Stanford University →
employer	Carnegie Mellon University →
familyName	Newell →
fieldOfWork	artificial intelligence → cognitive psychology → cognitive science → computer science → human problem solving → human–computer interaction → software engineering →
fullName	Allen Newell →
givenName	Allen →
influenced	artificial intelligence → cognitive science → human–computer interaction →
influencedBy	Herbert A. Simon →
knownFor	Soar cognitive architecture → Unified Theories of Cognition → foundational work in artificial intelligence → physical symbol system hypothesis → the General Problem Solver (GPS) → the Logic Theorist program → theory of human problem solving →
memberOf	Carnegie Mellon University faculty →
nationality	American →
notableStudent	Bonnie E. John → Stuart K. Card →
notableWork	Human Problem Solving → Unified Theories of Cognition →
placeOfBirth	San Francisco, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	Professor of Cognitive Science at Carnegie Mellon University → Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University → Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University →
researchInterest	cognitive architectures → problem solving → symbolic AI →
sexOrGender	male →
turingAwardCoRecipient	Herbert A. Simon →
turingAwardFor	basic contributions to artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing →
turingAwardYear	1975 →
workInstitution	Carnegie Mellon University →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Human Problem Solving →	author
Herbert A. Simon →	coAuthor
Allen Newell →	fullName
Newell-Simon Hall →	namedAfter
SIGCHI Lifetime Achievement Award →	notableRecipient