Allen Newell

Name: Allen Newell

Born: March 19, 1927, in San Francisco, California, USA

Death: July 19, 1992 (Age: 65)

Computer-related contributions

• Was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology.
• He contributed to the IPL (Information Processing Language) (1956) and two of the earliest AI (artificial intelligence) programs, the Logic Theorist (1956) and the GPS (General Problem Solver) (1957) (with Herbert Simon).
• Known for information processing language Soar.

Honors and awards

• A.M. Turing Award (1975).
• National Medal of Science (1992).
• Louis E. Levy Medal (1992).

Related computer pioneers

• Herbert Simon
• Alan Turing