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Edward Albert "Ed" Feigenbaum (born January 20, 1936) is an American computer scientist. His works focuses in the field of artificial intelligence. He is a joint winner of the 1994 ACM Turing Award.[3] He is often called the "father of expert systems."[4][5][6][7]
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Born | Edward Albert Feigenbaum January 20, 1936 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University (BS, PhD) |
Known for | Expert systems EPAM DENDRAL project Feigenbaum test |
Awards | Turing Award (1994) Computer Pioneer Award AAAI Fellow (1990)[1] ACM Fellow (2007) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science Artificial intelligence |
Institutions | Stanford University United States Air Force |
Doctoral advisor | Herbert A. Simon |
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Website | ksl-web |