Michael Genesereth

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Michael Genesereth is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University and director of that department's Logic Group, located in the William Gates Computer Science Building. He is research director of CodeX, the Stanford Center for Computers and Law with in the Stanford Law School. He is perhaps best known for his work on computational logic and applications of that work in enterprise management and electronic commerce.

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Genesereth received his Sc.B. in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Harvard University.

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Genesereth is the director of the Stanford branch of the Digital Enterprise Research Institute. He is an expert in General Game Playing. He is the creator of Game description language and Knowledge Interchange Format. He is one of the founders of Teknowledge, the premier company commercializing AI. He is a co-founder of CommerceNet, the premier organization for electronic commerce on the Internet. He is a founder of Mergent Systems, an early vendor of technology for integrated catalogs on the web, later acquired by Perfect Commerce.[1]

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