Timeline: Professor John Mccarthy

Sep 4, 1927

John McCarthy

John McCarthy was born September 4, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts to immigrant parents John Patrick McCarthy and Ida Glatt.
Earnest, Lester. https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/mccarthy_1118322.cfm. n.d. 20 October 2020.

1948

BS in mathematics

John received a BS in mathematics from Caltech in 1948 Computer History Museum. https://computerhistory.org/profile/john-mccarthy/. n.d. 15 October 2020.

1951

Earned PHD

McCarthy received a doctorate in mathematics from Princeton University.

1955

AI

John coined the term “AI” in 1955 in connection with a proposed summer workshop at Dartmouth College

1958

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Work as a Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer History Museum. https://computerhistory.org/profile/john-mccarthy/. n.d. 15 October 2020.

Apr 16, 1959

List Proccessing Programming Language

John developed the programming language List Processing (LISP) in 1959 which became the language of choice for Artificial Intelligence. Johanns, Kate. https://smartermsp.com/tech-time-john-mccarthy-lisp/. 20 April 2018. 15 October 2020.

1962

MIT to Stanford

In 1962, McCarthy left MIT for Stanford University, where he continued his work and commentary on AI until

1965

Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) was founded by Professor John Mccarthy in 1965, where research was conducted into machine intelligence, graphical interactive computing, and autonomous vehicles. Stanford Education . http://jmc.stanford.edu/computing-science/index.html . n.d. 15 October 2020.

1966

Chess Match

Professor John Mccarthy hosted a series of four simultaneous computer chess matches carried out via telegraph against rivals in Russia. Earnest,Lester.https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/mccarthy_1118322.cfm. n.d. 20 October 2020.

1971

A. M. Turing Award of the Association for Computing Machinery

McCarthy was chosen as the 1971 winner of the ACM Turing Award for his contribution to AI
Stanford Education . http://jmc.stanford.edu/computing-science/index.html . n.d. 15 October 2020.

1983

Elected President

McCarthy elected President of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence for 1983-84

1988

Kyoto Prize

McCarthy was awarded the Kyoto Prize for his contribution to the field of Artificial Intelligence and invention of LISP Stanford Education . http://jmc.stanford.edu/computing-science/index.html . n.d. 15 October 2020.

1990

National Medal of Science

He was National Medal of Science his contributions to computer science and artificial intelligence, and the development LISP programming language. Earnest,Lester.https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/mccarthy_1118322.cfm. n.d. 20 October 2020.

Apr 24, 2003

Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science

John was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal for his multiple contributions to the foundations of artificial intelligence and computer science, the invention of time-sharing interactive programming, and key developments in the application of formal logic to commonsense reasoning. Childs, Martin. http://www.independent.co.uk/new/obituaries/john-mccarthy-computer-scientist-known-father-ai-6255307.html. 01 November 2011. 15 October 2020.