Bertram Raphael

Bertram Raphael

Infobox Scientist
name = Bertram Raphael


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fields = Artificial intelligence
workplaces = SRI International
alma_mater = MIT
doctoral_advisor = Marvin Minsky
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Bertram Raphael (born 1936 in New York) is an American computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence. He received his bachelor's degree in physics from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1957 and his PhD in mathematics from MIT in 1964 .

Accomplishments

* Invented the A Star Search Algorithm
* Created Shakey the Robot
* Co-founded the Journal of Artificial Intelligence

Other items of note

* Directed the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International from 1970 to 1973
* Sold Douglas Engelbart's ARC (Augmentation Research Center) from SRI International to Tymeshare in 1976.
* Was a student of Marvin Minsky at MIT
* Was a Senior Fulbright Lecturer, Vienna, 1973-74.

Books

"The Thinking Computer: Mind Inside Matter" (W.H. Freeman & Company, 1976)

Dissertation

SIR (Semantic Information Retrieval program) on the logical representation of knowledge for question-answering systems (MIT, 1964)

ources

* http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/bbhist.html
* http://www.ai.sri.com/people/Raphael/

Related links

*History of artificial intelligence


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