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Allen Newell
American cognitive scientist (1927-1992) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 65
Allen Newell was an American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Department of Psychology.
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He, Herbert A. Simon, and Cliff Shaw contributed to the Information Processing Language (1956) and two of the earliest AI programs, the Logic Theorist (1956) and the General Problem Solver (1957). He and Simon were awarded the ACM Turing Award in 1975 for their contributions to artificial intelligence and the psychology of human cognition.
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Judea PearlBoth received IJCAI Award for Research Excellence
Whitfield DiffieBoth received Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute
Martin Edward HellmanBoth received Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin InstituteMichael I. JordanBoth received IJCAI Award for Research Excellence
Marvin MinskyBoth received IJCAI Award for Research ExcellenceGeorge Armitage MillerBoth received Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute