Edward Feigenbaum

Also known as Edward Albert Feigenbaum, Edward A. Feigenbaum, Ed Feigenbaum

American computer scientist (born 1936)

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Gender: Male
Origin: New Haven

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5 total works indexed

Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,731x
Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 27,733x
Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,347x
The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 23,809x
THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
· 1963 · cited 18,948x

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“In 1994 an amazing thing happened. The phone rings and it is Professor Sheila Widnall of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of MIT. She said, "Do you know anyone who wants to be Chief Scientist of the Air Force? And by the way, if you are interested let me know." She had been chosen to be Secretary of the Air Force, and she was looking for her Chief Scientist. I thought about it briefly, told her yes, and stayed for three years.”
“My job was to be a window on science for the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. I was the first person to be asked to be Chief Scientist who was not an Aero-Astro person, a weapons person, or from the physical sciences. There had not been any computer scientists before me.”
“I did two big things. One was consciousness-raising in the Air Force about software. The one big report I wrote, at the end of my term, was a report called, It’s a Software-First World. The Air Force had not realized that. They probably still do not think that. They think it is an airframe-based world.”
“It was a rather unsettling experience to come back to Stanford. After playing a role on a big stage, all of a sudden you come back and your colleagues ask,”
“So at the beginning of 2000, I retired. Since then I have been leading a wonderful life doing whatever I please. Now that I have a lot more time than I had before, I’m getting geekier and geekier. It feels like I’m 10 years old again, getting back involved with details of computing.”
“The great thing about being retired is not that you work less hard, but that what you do is inner-directed. The world has so many things you want to know before you’re out of here that you have a lot to do.”

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Born: Edward Albert Feigenbaum , ( 1936-01-20 ) January 20, 1936 (age 90) , Weehawken, New Jersey
Education: Carnegie Mellon University ( BS , MS , PhD )
Known for: Expert systems , EPAM , DENDRAL project , Feigenbaum test
Awards: Turing Award (1994), Computer Pioneer Award , AAAI Fellow (1990) , ACM Fellow (2007)
Fields: Computer science , Artificial intelligence
Institutions: Stanford University , United States Air Force
Doctoral advisor: Herbert A. Simon
Doctoral students: Ramanathan V. Guha Alon Halevy Peter Karp Niklaus Wirth
Website: ksl-web .stanford .edu /people /eaf

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Official website: ksl-web.stanford.edu/people/eaf
Image: 27. Dr. Edward A. Feigenbaum 1994-1997.jpg

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date of birth: 1936-01-20
Erdős number: 4
name in native language: Edward Albert Feigenbaum
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Edward Albert Feigenbaum (born January 20, 1936) is an American computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence, and with Raj Reddy he won the 1994 ACM Turing Award. He is often called the "father of expert systems".

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