Edward Feigenbaum
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Edward Albert Feigenbaum (born January 20, 1936) is a computer scientist working in the field of artificial intelligence. He is often called the "Father of expert systems."
Feigenbaum completed his undergraduate degree, and a Ph.D., at Carnegie Mellon University.
He received the ACM Turing Award, the most prestigious award in computer science, jointly with Raj Reddy in 1993 "For pioneering the design and construction of large scale artificial intelligence systems, demonstrating the practical importance and potential commercial impact of artificial intelligence technology". A former chief scientist of the Air Force, he received the U.S. Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 1997.
He founded the Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Stanford University. He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford.
