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Allen Newell
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Allen Newell (1927–1992) was an American psychologist, computer scientist, mathematician, and university teacher. Born in San Francisco and dying in Pittsburgh from cancer, he held citizenship in the United States. He was educated at Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton University, and the Tepper School of Business. His professional career included employment at the RAND Corporation and Carnegie Mellon University, where his archives are held.
Newell’s notable works include *Human Problem Solving*, *Computer Structures*, *GPS*, *The Soar Papers*, and *Soar*. He also developed the Information Processing Language. A participant in the Dartmouth workshop, he received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Turing Award, the National Medal of Science, and the IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His doctoral advisor was Herbert Simon, and his doctoral student was Hans Berliner.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1927
- Died
- 1992
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Human problem solving
- Computer structures
- GPS
- The Soar papers
- Soar
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1927-03-19 ) March 19, 1927, San Francisco, California
- Died
- July 19, 1992 (1992-07-19) (aged 65), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Education
- Stanford University ( BS ), Princeton University , Carnegie Mellon University ( MS , PhD )
- Known for
- Information Processing Language , Logic Theorist , General Problem Solver , Soar , Unified Theories of Cognition
- Spouse
- Noel McKenna ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 )
- Awards
- A.M. Turing Award (1975) , IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (1989) , IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award (1990) , National Medal of Science (1992) , Louis E. Levy Medal (1992)
- Fields
- Computer science , Cognitive psychology
- Institutions
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Doctoral advisor
- Herbert A. Simon
- Doctoral students
- Hans Berliner , Stuart Card , John E. Laird , Frank Ritter , Milind Tambe
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Pittsburgh
- Occupation
- physicist
- Employer
- RAND Corporation
- Notable work
- Information Processing Language
- Participant in
- Dartmouth workshop
- Doctoral advisor
- Herbert Simon
- Field of work
- computer science
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- date of birth
- 1927-03-19
- date of death
- 1992-07-19
- Erdős number
- 4
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- archives at
- Carnegie Mellon University
- name in native language
- Allen Newell
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Allen Newell (March 19, 1927 – July 19, 1992) was an American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Department of Psychology. He, Herbert A. Simon, and Cliff Shaw contributed to the Information Processing Language (1956) and two of the earliest AI programs, the Logic Theorist (1956) and the General Problem Solver (1957). He and Simon were awarded the ACM Turing Award in 1975 for their contributions to artificial intelligence and the psychology of human cognition.
Early studies
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