Ramanathan Guha

Updated: 11/16/2019 by Computer Hope
Ramanathan Guha

Name: Ramanathan V. Guha

Born: 1965

Computer-related contributions

  • One of the earliest co-leaders of the Cyc project, which aims to assemble a comprehensive base of common-sense knowledge. The knowledge base is intended to be used by AI applications, enabling them to employ human-like reasoning.
  • Worked for Apple, Netscape, and (currently) for Google, developing XML-based "meta content frameworks."

Significant publications

  • Building Large Knowledge-Based Systems: Representation and Inference in the Cyc Project (with Douglas B. Lenat, 1989).

Honors and awards

  • Google Fellow.
  • Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

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