Charles Rosen (scientist)
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Charles Rosen (1917 - December 6, 2002) was a pioneer in artificial intelligence and founder of SRI International's Artificial Intelligence Center.[1] He led the project that led to the development of Shakey the Robot, "who" now resides in a glass case at the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, California.
Raised in Montreal, Rosen became a student at Cooper Union and received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1940; he returned to Montreal to study at McGill University, where he received his M. Eng. (in communications) in 1950. While working at the General Electric Research Laboratory, in 1953 Rosen co-authored one of the first textbooks on transistor circuits.[2] In 1956, Rosen received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Syracuse University (with a minor in solid state physics).[3]
In 1957, Rosen joined the Stanford Research Institute, where he did much of his artificial intelligence work.
In 1959, Rosen co-founded Ridge Vineyards with fellow computer scientist Hewitt Crane. Under Rosen's ownership, Ridge would go on to place fifth in the Judgment of Paris wine tasting. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ Buchanan, Wyatt (2002). "Charles Rosen -- expert on robots, co-founder of winery," San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 20, 2002. Online version retrieved Oct. 23, 2007.
- ^ Shea, Richard F., editor (1953). Principles of Transistor Circuits (John Wiley and Sons, 1953).
- ^ Stanford Research Institute (1969). "Development and Application of Question-Answering Techniques for a Remote-Access Medical Information Retrieval System," proposal submitted by the Stanford Research Institute on November 13, 1969. [Online version] (incorporating Rosen's CV) retrieved Oct. 23, 2007.
- ^ Taber, George M. (2005). The Judgment of Paris: California vs. France (Simon & Schuster), pp. pg 181-182. ISBN 0743247515
