John McCarthy (computer scientist)
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John McCarthy at a conference in 2006
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| Born |
September 4, 1927 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | October 24, 2011 (aged 84) Stanford, California, U.S. |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Computer technology |
| Institutions |
Stanford University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dartmouth College; Princeton University |
| Alma mater | Princeton University; California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Solomon Lefschetz |
| Doctoral students |
Ruzena Bajcsy Randall Davis Cordell Green Ramanathan V. Guha Barbara Liskov Robert Moore Francis Morris Raj Reddy Donald Kaplan Eyal Amir Aarati Parmar Martino |
| Known for | Artificial intelligence; Lisp; Circumscription; Situation calculus |
| Notable awards |
Turing Award (1971) Computer Pioneer Award (1985) IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (1985) Kyoto Prize (1988) National Medal of Science (1990) Benjamin Franklin Medal (2003) |
Stanford University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
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.
John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts on September 4, 1927 to an Irish immigrant father and a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant mother, John Patrick and Ida Glatt McCarthy. The family was obliged to relocate frequently during the Great Depression, until McCarthy's father found work as an organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers in Los Angeles, California. His father came from the fishing village of Cromane in County Kerry, Ireland. His mother died in 1957.
McCarthy was exceptionally intelligent, and graduated from Belmont High School two years early. McCarthy was accepted into Caltech in 1944.
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