Bertram Raphael
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| Born | November 16, 1936 New York |
| Residence | United States |
| Fields | Artificial intelligence |
| Institutions | SRI International |
| Alma mater | MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Marvin Minsky |
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.
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[edit] Career highlights
- Directed the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International from 1970 to 1973
- Sold Douglas Engelbart's ARC (Augmentation Research Center) from SRI International to Tymshare in 1976.
- Was a student of Marvin Minsky at MIT
- Was a Senior Fulbright Lecturer, Vienna, 1973-74.
[edit] Accomplishments
- Invented the A Star Search Algorithm
- Created Shakey the Robot
- Co-founded the Journal of Artificial Intelligence
[edit] Publications
- 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)
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