Marvin Minsky(1927-)Marvin Minsky(1927-) American cognitive American cognitive

scientist in the field of scientist in the field of AIAI

Toshiba Professor of Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Media Arts and Sciences Sciences

Professor of Electrical Professor of Electrical Engineering and Engineering and Computer Science Computer Science

Co-founder of Co-founder of Massachusetts Institute Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI of Technology's AI LaboratoryLaboratory

Brief BiographyBrief Biography Born in NYCBorn in NYC Attended The Fieldstone School and the Attended The Fieldstone School and the

Bronx High School of Science Bronx High School of Science Phillips Academy in Andover, MassachusettsPhillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts Served in the US Navy from 1944 to 1945 Served in the US Navy from 1944 to 1945 BA in Mathematics from Harvard (1950) BA in Mathematics from Harvard (1950) PhD in the same field from Princeton (1954) PhD in the same field from Princeton (1954) In 1959 with John McCarthy founded the In 1959 with John McCarthy founded the

MIT Computer Science and Artificial MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryIntelligence Laboratory

Interesting FactInteresting Fact

Minsky is listed on Google Minsky is listed on Google Directory as one of the all time Directory as one of the all time

top top 6 6 people in the field of people in the field of Artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence

Latest significant works Latest significant works

The Emotion The Emotion Machine(2006)Machine(2006)

The Society of The Society of MindMind (1985) (1985)

INVENTIONSINVENTIONS

1951 Stochastic 1951 Stochastic Neural Analog Neural Analog Reinforcement Reinforcement ComputerComputer ((SNARC): First SNARC): First Neural Network Neural Network SimulatorSimulator

1955 Confocal 1955 Confocal Scanning Scanning MicroscopeMicroscope

INVENTIONSINVENTIONS

1967 Serpentine 1967 Serpentine Hydraulic Robot Hydraulic Robot Arm (Boston Arm (Boston Museum of Museum of Science)Science)

1970 The "Muse" 1970 The "Muse" Musical Musical Variations Variations Synthesizer (with Synthesizer (with E. Fredkin)E. Fredkin)

INVENTIONSINVENTIONS

1972 First LOGO 1972 First LOGO "turtle" device "turtle" device (with S. Papert)(with S. Papert)

HonorsHonors Turing Award, Association for Computing Machinery, Turing Award, Association for Computing Machinery,

19701970Doubleday Lecturer, Smithsonian Institution, 1978Doubleday Lecturer, Smithsonian Institution, 1978Messenger Lecturer, Cornell University, 1979Messenger Lecturer, Cornell University, 1979Dr. Honoris Causa, Free University of Brussels, 1986Dr. Honoris Causa, Free University of Brussels, 1986Dr. Honoris Causa, Pine Manor College, 1987Dr. Honoris Causa, Pine Manor College, 1987Killian Award, MIT, 1989Killian Award, MIT, 1989Japan Prize Laureate, 1990Japan Prize Laureate, 1990Research Excellence Award, IJCAI 1991Research Excellence Award, IJCAI 1991Joseph Priestly Award, 1995Joseph Priestly Award, 1995Rank Prize, Royal Society of Medicine, 1995Rank Prize, Royal Society of Medicine, 1995Computer Pioneer Award, IEEE Computer Society, 1995Computer Pioneer Award, IEEE Computer Society, 1995R.W. Wood Prize, Optical Society of America, 2001R.W. Wood Prize, Optical Society of America, 2001Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute, 2001Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute, 2001In Praise of Reason Award, World Skeptics Congress, In Praise of Reason Award, World Skeptics Congress, 20022002

Patrick Henry WinstonPatrick Henry Winston American computer American computer

scientistscientist Director of the MIT Director of the MIT

Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Laboratory(1972 to Laboratory(1972 to 19971997))

Professor of Artificial Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence and Computer Science at Computer Science at the MITthe MIT

Student of Marvin Student of Marvin MinskyMinsky

Profound worksProfound works Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence The Psychology of The Psychology of

Computer VisionComputer Vision LISPLISP (with Berthold (with Berthold

K. P. Horn) K. P. Horn) On to COn to C On to C++On to C++ On to JavaOn to Java (with (with

Sundar Narasimhan) Sundar Narasimhan) On to SmalltalkOn to Smalltalk

Courses at MITCourses at MIT

Introduction to Artificial Introduction to Artificial IntelligenceIntelligence

The Human Intelligence The Human Intelligence EnterpriseEnterprise

How to SpeakHow to Speak

Annual courseAnnual course

Series of tips and Series of tips and strategies, strategies, developed and developed and honed over honed over decades, for decades, for mastering the art mastering the art of speaking of speaking

How to StartHow to Start

Don’t start with a joke.Don’t start with a joke. Do start with a menu.Do start with a menu. Do provide an empowerment Do provide an empowerment

promise.promise.

Big FourBig Four Cycling.Cycling.

Verbal PunctuationVerbal Punctuation..

Near MissNear Miss. .

Ask Rhetorical QuestionsAsk Rhetorical Questions..

The ToolsThe Tools Time and PlaceTime and Place..

The BoardThe Board. .

Slides.Slides.

Props.Props.

How to StopHow to Stop Deliver on your promise made at the Deliver on your promise made at the

beginningbeginning. .

Tell a jokeTell a joke. .

Call for questions.Call for questions.

Don’t thank the audienceDon’t thank the audience

End with a saluteEnd with a salute. .

Visual PresentationVisual Presentation

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