Doug Lenat
Award-winning AI pioneer who created the landmark Machine Learning program, AM, in 1976 and CEO of Cycorp
Award-winning AI pioneer who created the landmark Machine Learning program, AM, in 1976 and CEO of Cycorp
Doug Lenat, Ph.D., contributor, is a pioneer in artificial intelligence. Dr. Lenat is founder of the long-standing Cyc project and CEO of Cycorp, a provider of semantic technologies for unprecedented common sense reasoning. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon and Stanford and has received numerous honors, including the bi-annual IJCAI Computers and Thought Award (the highest honor in Artificial Intelligence). Dr. Lenat is a founder and Advisory Board member of TTI Vanguard, where he continues to co-run four conferences each year. Doug also holds the distinction of being the only individual to have served on the Scientific Advisory Boards of both Microsoft and Apple.
