Bertram Raphael (born 1936 in New York) is a computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence.

Accomplishments

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• Invented the A Star Search Algorithm
• Created Shakey the Robot

Other items of note

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• Directed the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International from 1970 to 1973
• Sold Douglas Engelbart's ARC (Augmentation Research Center) from SRI International to Tymeshare in 1976.
• Was a student of Marvin Minsky at MIT

Books

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The Thinking Computer: Mind Inside Matter (W.H. Freeman & Company, 1976)

Dissertation

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SIR (Semantic Information Retrieval program) on the logical representation of knowledge for question-answering systems (MIT, 1964)

Sources

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http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/bbhist.html http://www.ai.sri.com/people/Raphael/

Related

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History of Artificial Intelligence | Artificial intelligence researchers | Living people