William Mark

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William Mark
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
InstitutionsSRI International

William S. "Bill" Mark is a vice president at SRI International, where he has been in charge of their Information and Computing Sciences Division since 1998.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Mark received a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science in 1973, and a Ph.D. in computer science in 1976, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2][3]

Career[edit]

Mark was a co-founder of the company Savoir, which developed software tools for flexible manufacturing.[1][4] Mark then worked at Lockheed Martin's Palo Alto Research Labs.[2][3] He later headed the System Technology Group at National Semiconductor, which focused on design and implementation of silicon-based systems, until 1998.[1][2]

Mark joined SRI International in 1998.[1] He was a principal investigator of the CALO project that eventually led to the development of Siri and related technologies.[5]

Awards and memberships[edit]

Mark has served on DARPA's Information, Science and Technology Committee and the editorial board of IEEE Computer.[2][3]

Mark is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Association for Computational Linguistics and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.[3] He was a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the University of California, Berkeley's Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department;[6] and is currently a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "William Mark". SRI International. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  2. ^ a b c d "Former National Semiconductor Director, William Mark, Joins SRI As Vice President Of Information And Computing Sciences" (Press release). SRI International. 1998-06-01. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  3. ^ a b c d Mark, William; Kolodner, Janet (October 1992). "Guest Editor's Introduction". IEEE Intelligent Systems. 7 (5): 5–6. doi:10.1109/MIS.1992.10040.
  4. ^ "Speaker's Biography: William S. Mark". Seoul Digital Forum. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  5. ^ "Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes". SRI International Artificial Intelligence Center. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
  6. ^ "Industrial Advisory Board". UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  7. ^ "Industrial Advisory Board". Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology. Retrieved 2012-08-19.