Marvin Minsky (1927–2016)
Author of Society of Mind
About the Author
Marvin Minsky is Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and cofounder of the M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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Works by Marvin Minsky
Associated Works
Life in the Universe: Scientific American : A Special Issue (Scientific American, a Special Issue) (1995) — Contributor — 20 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 12 [December 1985] (1905) — Contributor — 13 copies
Evolution @ Intersection — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Minsky, Marvin
- Legal name
- Minsky, Marvin Lee
- Birthdate
- 1927-08-09
- Date of death
- 2016-01-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA (birth)
- Education
- Bronx High School of Science, New York, New York, USA
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Harvard University (B.A.|Mathematics|1950)
Princeton University (Ph.D.|Mathematics|1954) - Occupations
- professor (Computer Science | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1958- )
- Relationships
- Papert, Seymour (colleague)
- Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (Fellow)
Argentine National Academy of Science
National Space Society (show all 12)
Planetary Society
IEEE (Fellow)
ACM (Member)
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Artificial Intelligence Group (co-director)
United States Navy (WWII) - Awards and honors
- Turing Award (1969)
Japan Prize (1990)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (2001)
Joseph Priestly Award (1995)
IEEE Computer Pioneer Award (1995)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (show all 12)
Fellow, Computer History Museum (2006)
IEEE Intelligent Systems' AI Hall of Fame (2011)
Dan David Prize (2014)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2013)
Royal Society of Medicine Rank Prize (1995)
Killian Award (1989)
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Statistics
- Works
- 21
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 3,004
- Popularity
- #8,493
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 30
- ISBNs
- 46
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 8