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John McCarthy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1927.
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Initially, McCarthy was suspended from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) due to his absences in PE. He joined the Army and eventually came back to obtain a B.S. in mathematics.
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After obtaining his B.S. at Caltech, he moved to Princeton University to obtain his Ph.D. in mathematics.
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Organized and lead the founding event of artificial intelligence as a field. Essentially, it was a brainstorming session regarding "thinking machines".
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John McCarthy writes "Programs with Common Sense", a paper that approaches artificial intelligence in a logical manner.
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A technique used for managing memory automatically; originally used to aid Lisp.
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Helped create Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS), BBN Time-Sharing System, and Dartmouth Time Sharing System
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Introduced the study of dynamic systems in logic.
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Initiated the establishment of an artificial Intelligence laboratory at Standford University.
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McCarthy and his fellow classmates designed a program on the IBM 704 (Hulking Giant) that was used to play chess against another computer in the Soviet Union.
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Collaborated with Hayes to refine his take on dynamic systems in logic, and the reasoning/representation behind it.
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Given to John McCarthy for his major contributions to the field of computers.
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Awarded the Kyoto Prize; one of Japan's highest global achievement awards. John McCarthy was recognized for his attributions in Artificial Intelligence and Computers.
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John McCarthy was recognized by the President of the United States for his contributions in Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Sciences.
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Deep Blue (IBM Supercomputer) beats Garry Kasparov (World Chess Champion) at chess. A major leap from Kotok-McCarthy.
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The Roomba; an autonomous vacuum cleaner, has commercially sold across the world and has introduced AIs to people's regular life.
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IBM's Watson took to the show Jeopardy to compete with human contestants, its performance was unmatched.
