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Also known as Edward Albert Feigenbaum, Edward A. Feigenbaum, Ed Feigenbaum

American computer scientist (born 1936)

Key facts

Born
Edward Albert Feigenbaum , ( 1936-01-20 ) January 20, 1936 (age 90) , Weehawken, New Jersey
Education
Carnegie Mellon University ( BS , MS , PhD )
Known for
Expert systems , EPAM , DENDRAL project , Feigenbaum test
Awards
Turing Award (1994), Computer Pioneer Award , AAAI Fellow (1990) , ACM Fellow (2007)
Fields
Computer science , Artificial intelligence
Institutions
Stanford University , United States Air Force
Doctoral advisor
Herbert A. Simon
Doctoral students
Ramanathan V. Guha Alon Halevy Peter Karp Niklaus Wirth
Website
ksl-web .stanford .edu /people /eaf

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Edward
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Weehawken
Occupation
inventor
Languages spoken
English language
Doctoral advisor
Herbert Simon
Field of work
health informatics
Image
27. Dr. Edward A. Feigenbaum 1994-1997.jpg
Work location
Stanford
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date of birth
1936-01-20
Erdős number
4
name in native language
Edward Albert Feigenbaum
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Encyclopedic overview

Edward Albert Feigenbaum (born January 20, 1936) is an American computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence, and with Raj Reddy he won the 1994 ACM Turing Award. He is often called the "father of expert systems".

Education and early life

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