Allen Newell by Raymond Barringer Birth and Death

Allen Newell by: Raymond Barringer

Birth and Death ● Born March 19, 1927 in San Francisco ● Died on July 19, 1992 in Pittsburgh ● He was 65 years old When he died

Studies and Jobs ● Majored in Physics at Stanford ● Graduate Studies in Mathematics at Princeton ● RAND Corporation ● Carnegie Mellon University

Accomplishments ● ● ● Information Processing Language (1956) Logic Theory Machine (1956) General Problem Solver (1957) Turing award in 1975 with Herbert Simon ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award

Information Processing Language ● Herbert Simon, J. C. Shaw ● Simple Problem Solving actions o o Lists Dynamic Memory Allocation Data Types Recursion ● List processing concept

Logic Theory Machine ● ● ● Herbert Simon, J. C. Shaw First AI program Mimics human problem solving Search Tree Heuristics List Processing

General Problem Solver ● ● ● Herbert Simon, J. C. Shaw GPS Intended as Universal Problem Solver Formalized Symbolic Problems Separated Knowledge from Strategy

Sources ● Wikipedia: o Allen Newell (https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Allen_Newell) o General Problem Solver (https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/General_Problem_Solver) o Logic Theorist (https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Logic_Theorist) ● www. acm. org o AM Turing Award (http: //amturing. acm. org/award_winners/newell_3167755. cfm) o ACM AAAI Allen Newell Award (http: //awards. acm. org/newell/) ● http: //www. umsl. edu/~piccininig/Newell% 205. htm