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Patrick Winston

Also Known As Patrick Henry Winston · Patrick H. Winston
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Patrick Henry Winston was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997, succeeding his doctoral advisor Marvin Minsky, who left to help found the MIT Media Lab. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1943 1
Birth Date
1943-02-05 1
Death Year
2019 1
Death Date
2019-07-19 1
Award
AAAI Fellow 2
Award
IJCAI Computers and Thought Award 2
Connections

In Field

Artificial Intelligence, Fields
Source Wikipedia: Patrick Winston
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Nationality

United States

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Patrick Winston
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Patrick Henry Winston (February 5, 1943 - July 19, 2019) was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Winston was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997, succeeding his doctoral advisor Marvin Minsky, who left to help found the MIT Media Lab.
  • Infobox, Born
    February 5, 1943
  • Infobox, Died
    July 19, 2019
  • In Field: Artificial Intelligence, Lead paragraph
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2. Wikidata: Patrick Winston
Wikidata Q93020, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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