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Gerald Jay Sussman

Also Known As Gerald J. Sussman
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Gerald Jay Sussman is the Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT, where he has worked in artificial intelligence research since 1964. He and his student Guy L. Steele Jr. invented the Scheme programming language in 1975, and with Hal Abelson and Julie Sussman he co-authored the influential textbook Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Year
1947 1
Birth Date
1947-02-08 1
Nationality
American 1
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Source Wikipedia: Scheme (programming language)
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1. Wikipedia: Gerald Jay Sussman
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  • Academic work section
    Sussman and his former student, Guy L. Steele Jr., invented the programming language Scheme in 1975
  • Lead section
    Gerald Jay Sussman (born February 8, 1947) is the Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has been involved in artificial intelligence (AI) research at MIT since 1964.
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Gerald Jay Sussman (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata alias: Gerald J. Sussman
    Gerald J. Sussman
  • Wikidata P166: IEEE Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IEEE Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: ACM Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): ACM Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: AAAI Fellow
    Wikidata P166 (award received): AAAI Fellow.
  • Wikidata P166: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Wikidata P166: IJCAI Computers and Thought Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): IJCAI Computers and Thought Award.
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Wikipedia: Scheme (programming language)
Wikimedia FoundationInvented: SchemeView the Source
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