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Marvin Minsky

Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American mathematician who conducted research in the cognitive and computer science aspects of artificial intelligence (AI). After three years as a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows, Minsky joined the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1958 and spent the…

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Known for
Artificial intelligence Confocal microscope · Useless machine · Triadex Muse · Perceptrons The Society of Mind · The Emotion Machine
Awards
Turing Award (1969) · Japan Prize (1990) · AAAI Fellow (1990) · IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (1991) · Benjamin Franklin Medal (2001)
Education
Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Born
Marvin Lee Minsky (1927-08-09)August 9, 1927 New York City, U.S.
Children
3
Died
January 24, 2016(2016-01-24) (aged 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Marvin Minsky → Adolfo Guzmán Arenas, Benjamin Kuipers, Berthold K.P. Horn, Bertram Raphael, Carl Hewitt, Daniel Bobrow, Danny Hillis, Eugene Charniak, Gerald Jay Sussman, Ivan Sutherland, James Robert Slagle, Joel Moses, K. Eric Drexler, Manuel Blum, Patrick Winston, Scott Fahlman, Warren Teitelman, William A. Martin
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Marvin Minsky → Artificial intelligence Confocal microscope, Dartmouth workshop, Frames, Perceptrons The Society of Mind, SNARC, The Emotion Machine, Triadex Muse, Useless machine
Awards · 6
Marvin Minsky → AAAI Fellow (1990), BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2013), Benjamin Franklin Medal (2001), IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (1991), Japan Prize (1990), Turing Award (1969)
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Marvin Minsky → Artificial intelligence, Cognitive science, Computer science, Philosophy of mind
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Marvin Minsky → Marvin Lee Minsky (1927-08-09)August 9, 1927 New York City, U.S.
Children · 1
Marvin Minsky → 3
Died · 1
Marvin Minsky → January 24, 2016(2016-01-24) (aged 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Doctoral advisor · 1
Marvin Minsky → Albert W. Tucker
Education · 1
Marvin Minsky → Harvard University (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD)

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Marvin MinskyAwardsBBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2013)1.00infobox
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Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsIvan Sutherland1.00infobox
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Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsPatrick Winston1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsEugene Charniak1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsGerald Jay Sussman1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsScott Fahlman1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsBenjamin Kuipers1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsDanny Hillis1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsK. Eric Drexler1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsBerthold K.P. Horn1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyDoctoral studentsCarl Hewitt1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyEducationHarvard University (BA) Princeton University (MA, PhD)1.00infobox
Marvin MinskyFieldsCognitive science1.00infobox

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