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Terry Winograd

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Terry Winograd · Technology & Engineering

What

AI pioneer (SHRDLU natural-language program); Stanford professor who advised Larry Page during the creation of Google's PageRank

When

1946, Takoma Park, Maryland, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Terry Winograd is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — AI pioneer (SHRDLU natural-language program); Stanford professor who advised Larry Page during the creation of Google's PageRank

How & why

Terry Winograd is an American computer scientist and Stanford professor, a pioneer of artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. His MIT doctoral program SHRDLU (1968-1970) was a landmark in natural-language understanding, and at Stanford he advised doctoral student Larry Page during the research that led to Google's PageRank. He is commonly included in listings of prominent Jewish scientists, though his public biographies do not detail his religious background.

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AI pioneer (SHRDLU natural-language program); Stanford professor who advised Larry Page during the creation of Google's PageRank

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Source: Wikipedia