Allen Newell

American cognitive scientist

Allen Newell (March 19, 1927 – July 19, 1992) was an American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Department of Psychology. He, Herbert A. Simon, and Cliff Shaw contributed to the Information Processing Language (1956) and two of the earliest AI programs, the Logic Theorist (1956) and the General Problem Solver (1957).²

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Born Mar 19, 1927, died Jul 19, 1992.¹

About

He and Simon were awarded the ACM Turing Award in 1975 for their contributions to artificial intelligence and the psychology of human cognition.

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Companies

Association for the Advancement of Artificial IntelligenceChair 1979 to 1980¹⁸

Early life and education

1949Stanford University Bachelor of Science; physics^{3 4}
1957Carnegie Mellon University Doctor of Philosophy^{3 4}
Date not recordedPrinceton University³
Date not recordedTepper School of Business³
Date not recordedLowell High School³

Career

Occupation: psychologist, computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher, physicist.⁷

1979 to 1980Chair, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence⁶
Date not recordedWorked at RAND Corporation⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Carnegie Mellon University⁵

Known for: Information Processing Language.⁸

Personal life

BornMar 19, 1927, San Francisco^{4 9}
DiedJul 19, 1992, Pittsburgh^{4 10}
CitizenshipUnited States^{4 11}

Awards

1992Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute¹²
1992National Medal of Science^{4 12}
1990AAAI Fellow^{12 16}
1990IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award^{12 17}
1989IJCAI Award for Research Excellence¹²
1989William James Fellow Award^{12 15}
1985APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology^{12 14}
1975Turing Award^{4 12}
1971Harry H. Goode Memorial Award^{12 13}
Date not recordedGuggenheim Fellowship¹²
Date not recordedHonorary doctor of the University of Groningen¹²
Date not recordedIEEE W.R.G. Baker Award¹²

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