| Hal Abelson, artificial
intelligence Harold (Hal)
Abelson is the Class of 1922 Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science at MIT, and a fellow of the IEEE. He holds an A.B.
degree from Princeton University and a Ph.D. degree in mathematics
from MIT.
In 1992, Abelson was designated as
one of MIT's six inaugural MacVicar Faculty Fellows, in recognition of
his significant and sustained contributions to teaching and
undergraduate education.
Abelson was recipient in 1992 of the Bose Award (MIT's School of
Engineering teaching award).
Abelson is also the winner of the
1995 Taylor L. Booth Education Award given by IEEE Computer Society,
cited for his continued contributions to the pedagogy and teaching of
introductory computer science.
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were
standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson |