John mccarthy computer scientist biography report
John mccarthy computer scientist biography report
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John McCarthy
| American scientist, creator of the Lisp programming language and one of the leading theorists of artificial intelligence Date of Birth: Country: USA |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Academic Career
- Lisp and Artificial Intelligence
- Recognition and Legacy
- Later Years and Death
Early Life and Education
Born in Boston, Massachusetts in , John McCarthy showed an early aptitude for mathematics.
Despite the Great Depression, his family moved to Los Angeles, where he skipped the first two years of college and earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. He went on to obtain his doctorate from Princeton University in
Academic Career
After completing his education, McCarthy taught at Dartmouth College, MIT, and Princeton.
However, his longest tenure was at Stanford University, where he began teaching in and remained until his retirement in It was during his time at Stanford that he made significant contribu