Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science

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The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science is a prestigious award recognizing groundbreaking contributions to the fields of computing and the understanding of human or artificial cognition.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic award
science and engineering award
administeredBy Awards program of the Franklin Institute
associatedWith Benjamin Franklin Awards of the Franklin Institute NERFINISHED
awardCategory Computer and Cognitive Science
awardedFor groundbreaking contributions to cognitive science
groundbreaking contributions to computer science
groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of artificial cognition
groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of human cognition
country United States
eligibility scientists and engineers in computer and cognitive science
field artificial intelligence
cognitive science
computer science
goal to recognize transformative advances in computing
to recognize transformative advances in understanding cognition
hasComponent citation
medal
monetary prize
hasFrequency annual
hasType research award
hasWebsite https://www.fi.edu/awards/benjamin-franklin-medal
honours individual researchers
inception 1998
isPartOfSeries Benjamin Franklin Medal series
language English
location Pennsylvania
Philadelphia NERFINISHED
United States
namedAfter Benjamin Franklin
notableRecipient Allen Newell NERFINISHED
Barbara Liskov
Dana Ballard
Geoffrey Hinton
Judea Pearl
Lotfi A. Zadeh
Raj Reddy NERFINISHED
Yann LeCun
partOf Benjamin Franklin Medals
presentedBy Franklin Institute
previouslyCalled Louis E. Levy Medal in Physics (as part of earlier Franklin Institute awards reorganization context)
relatedAward Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
scope international
selectionProcess peer review by expert committee
sponsor Franklin Institute

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
John McCarthy
Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky
Ruzena Bajcsy
awardReceived

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