Awards & Winners

John McCarthy

Date of Birth 04-September-1927
Place of Birth Boston
(Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America, Area code 617, Area code 857)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Scientist, Computer Scientist, Professor
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He coined the term "artificial intelligence", developed the Lisp programming language family, significantly influenced the design of the ALGOL programming language, popularized timesharing, and was very influential in the early development of AI. McCarthy received many accolades and honors, such as the Turing Award for his contributions to the topic of AI, the United States National Medal of Science, and the Kyoto Prize.

Awards by John McCarthy

Check all the awards nominated and won by John McCarthy.

1990


National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science
(For his fundamental contributions to computer science and artificial intelligence, including the development of the LISP programming language; the mathematical theory of computation; the concept and development of time-sharing; the application of mathematical logic to computer programs that use commonsense knowledge and reasoning; and the naming and thus the definition of the field of artificial intelligence itself.)

1971


Turing Award
(for his major contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence)