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Patrick Winston

Patrick Henry Winston (February 5, 1943 – July 19, 2019) was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Winston was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997, succeeding his doctoral advisor Marvin Minsky, who left to help found the MIT Media Lab. Winston was succeeded as…

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Alma mater
MIT (BS 1965, MS 1967, PhD 1970)
Born
(1943-02-05)February 5, 1943 Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Children
1
Died
July 19, 2019(2019-07-19) (aged 76) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Doctoral advisor
Marvin Minsky
Doctoral students
David Waltz Philip Greenspun

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Patrick Winston

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Patrick Winston

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Alma mater · 1
Patrick Winston → MIT (BS 1965, MS 1967, PhD 1970)
Born · 1
Patrick Winston → (1943-02-05)February 5, 1943 Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
Children · 1
Patrick Winston → 1
Died · 1
Patrick Winston → July 19, 2019(2019-07-19) (aged 76) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Doctoral advisor · 1
Patrick Winston → Marvin Minsky
Doctoral students · 1
Patrick Winston → David Waltz Philip Greenspun
Fields · 1
Patrick Winston → Artificial Intelligence Computer Science
Spouse · 1
Patrick Winston → Karen Prendergast
Thesis · 1
Patrick Winston → Learning Structural Descriptions from Examples (1970)
Website · 1
Patrick Winston → Personal homepage

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Patrick WinstonAlma materMIT (BS 1965, MS 1967, PhD 1970)1.00infobox
Patrick WinstonBorn(1943-02-05)February 5, 1943 Peoria, Illinois, U.S.1.00infobox
Patrick WinstonChildren11.00infobox
Patrick WinstonDiedJuly 19, 2019(2019-07-19) (aged 76) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.1.00infobox
Patrick WinstonDoctoral advisorMarvin Minsky1.00infobox
Patrick WinstonDoctoral studentsDavid Waltz Philip Greenspun1.00infobox
Patrick WinstonFieldsArtificial Intelligence Computer Science1.00infobox
Patrick WinstonSpouseKaren Prendergast1.00infobox
Patrick WinstonThesisLearning Structural Descriptions from Examples (1970)1.00infobox
Patrick WinstonWebsitePersonal homepage1.00infobox

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