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Danny Hillis
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William Daniel Hillis (born September 25, 1956) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of Research and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering.
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Born | William Daniel Hillis (1956-09-25) September 25, 1956 (age 67) |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, PhD) |
Spouse |
Taylor Milsal ā (m. 2019) |
Awards | Dan David Prize (2002) Grace Murray Hopper Award (1989) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer Science Computer Engineering |
Institutions | Thinking Machines Walt Disney Imagineering Applied Invention |
Doctoral advisor | Marvin Minsky Gerald Jay Sussman Claude Shannon |
Hillis was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for advances in parallel computers, parallel software, and parallel storage.
More recently, Hillis co-founded Applied Minds,[2] and Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and artists.[3]