Ken Forbus

Ken Forbus is Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Education at Northwestern University.[1] He has a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from MIT, as well as an S.M. Computer Science and S.B. Computer Science, both also from MIT.[2] He is notable for his work in qualitative process theory, automated sketch understanding and on automated analogical reasoning. He developed the structure mapping engine based on the structure-mapping theory of Dedre Gentner. He is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Cognitive Science Society.[3][4]

He was the chair (president) of the AAAI in August, 2011.

References
  1. "Forbus, Ken". Faculty Directory. Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University. Archived from the original on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. "Forbus, Ken". Faculty Web Page. Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  3. "Current AAAI Fellows". aaai.org. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  4. "Fellows". Cognitive Science Society. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.