Bertram Raphael
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Bertram Raphael (born 1936 in New York) is a computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence.
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[edit] Accomplishments
- Invented the A Star Search Algorithm
- Created Shakey the Robot
[edit] Other items of note
- Directed the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International from 1970 to 1973
- Sold Douglas Engelbart's ARC (Augmentation Research Center) from SRI International to Tymeshare in 1976.
- Was a student of Marvin Minsky at MIT
[edit] Books
The Thinking Computer: Mind Inside Matter (W.H. Freeman & Company, 1976)
[edit] Dissertation
SIR (Semantic Information Retrieval program) on the logical representation of knowledge for question-answering systems (MIT, 1964)
