Bertram Raphael
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Bertram Raphael (born 1936 in New York) is a computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence.
Accomplishments
- Invented the A Star Search Algorithm
- Created Shakey the Robot
Other items of note
- Directed the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International from 1970 to 1973
- Sold Douglas Engelbart's ARC (Augmentation Research Center) from SRI International to Tymeshare in 1976.
- Was a student of Marvin Minsky at MIT
Books
The Thinking Computer: Mind Inside Matter (W.H. Freeman & Company, 1976)Dissertation
SIR (Semantic Information Retrieval program) on the logical representation of knowledge for question-answering systems (MIT, 1964)Sources
http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/bbhist.html http://www.ai.sri.com/people/Raphael/
Related
History of Artificial Intelligence
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