Pioneers

Patrick Winston

Artificial Intelligence

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General Reference

Computing Atlas. "Patrick Winston." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/patrick-winston.

APA Style

Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Patrick Winston. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/patrick-winston

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-patrick-winston,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Patrick Winston},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/patrick-winston},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

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.

Facts

Birth Year

1943 1

Birth Date

1943-02-05 1

Death Year

2019 1

Death Date

2019-07-19 1

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1. Wikipedia: Patrick Winston

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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.

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