Open AccessOn John McCarthy's 80th Birthday, in Honor of His Contributions
Author(s) -
Hayes Patrick J.,
Morgenstern Leora
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v28i4.2063
Subject(s) - honor , lisp , biography , computer science , cognitive science , art history , artificial intelligence , classics , history , programming language , psychology , operating system
John McCarthy's contributions to computer science and artificial intelligence are legendary. He invented Lisp, made substantial contributions to early work in timesharing and the theory of computation, and was one of the founders of artificial intelligence and knowledge representation. This article, written in honor of McCarthy's 80th birthday, presents a brief biography, an overview of the major themes of his research, and a discussion of several of his major papers.