Edward Albert Feigenbaum
(born January 20, 1936) is a computer scientist working in the field
of artificial intelligence. He is often called the "Father of
expert systems."
Feigenbaum completed his undergraduate degree, and a Ph.D., at Carnegie
Mellon University.
He received the ACM Turing Award, the most prestigious award in computer
science, jointly with Raj Reddy in 1994 "For pioneering the design
and construction of large scale artificial intelligence systems, demonstrating
the practical importance and potential commercial impact of artificial
intelligence technology". A former chief scientist of the Air
Force, he received the U.S. Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service
Award in 1997.
He founded the Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Stanford University.
He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford
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