Marvin Minsky

1927 - 2016

Country of citizenship: United States of America

Languages spoken, written or signed: English

Educated at: Harvard University, Princeton University, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Phillips Academy, The Bronx High School of Science, Harvard College

Occupation: mathematician, computer scientist, university teacher, artificial intelligence researcher

Award received: Turing Award, Japan Prize, IJCAI Award for Research Excellence, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Harvard Society of Fellows, Computer History Museum fellow, Dan David Prize, Computer Pioneer Award, R. W. Wood Prize, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, AAAI Fellow, CSS Fellow, Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles, honorary doctorate, honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Position held: chairperson

Official website: web.media.mit.edu/~minsky

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Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive and computer scientist concerned largely with research of artificial intelligence (AI). He co-founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory and wrote several texts concerning AI and philosophy. Minsky received many accolades and honors, including the 1969 Turing Award. Source: Wikipedia (en)