Carver Mead

American computer scientist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1934 · age 92

Carver Andress Mead is an American scientist and engineer. He is the Gordon and Betty Moore Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), having taught there for over 40 years.

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2022Kyoto Prize in Advanced TechnologyAward2011BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge AwardAward2009National Inventors Hall of FameAward2002Dickson Prize in ScienceAwardNational Medal of Technology and InnovationAward1999Lemelson-MIT PrizeAward1997ACM-AAAI Allen Newell AwardAward1996IEEE John von Neumann MedalAwardPhil Kaufman AwardAward1993Captain Robert Dexter Conrad AwardAward1985Harry H. Goode Memorial AwardAwardJohn Price Wetherill MedalAward1984Harold Pender AwardAward1934Born1 May 1934