Raj Reddy

Raj Reddy is a world-renowned researcher in artificial intelligence.

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After his undergraduate study at the College of Engineering, Guindy (now Anna University) in 1958, he did a master's degree at the University of New South Wales and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1966.

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Anna University - University of New South Wales - Ph.D. - Stanford University

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Among many awards, in 1994 he received jointly with Edward Feigenbaum the Turing Award, the most prestigious prize in computer science, "For pioneering the design and construction of large scale artificial intelligence systems, demonstrating the practical importance and potential commercial impact of artificial intelligence technology".

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Edward Feigenbaum - Turing Award - Computer science

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He is currently the Mozah Bint Nasser University Professor of Computer Science and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Among the several institutes at CMU that were founded under his initiation are the Robotics Institute and the E-Commerce Technologies Institute. He is currently (February 2004) the director of CMU West. He also was the director of the Institute of Software Research International at Carnegie Mellon University from it founding to July 2005. He also served as Chair of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee for Bill Clinton

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Carnegie Mellon University - Robotics Institute - E-Commerce Technologies Institute - CMU West - Institute of Software Research International - Bill Clinton

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He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by India in 2001 and the Legion of Honor by President François Mitterrand of France in 1984. He is also an IEEE and AAAI Fellow.

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Padma Bhushan - India - 2001 - Legion of Honor - François Mitterrand - 1984 - IEEE - AAAI

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