Arthur Samuel (computer scientist)
Arthur Lee Samuel | |
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| Born | December 5, 1901 |
| Died | July 29, 1990 (aged 88) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | MIT (Master 1926) College of Emporia (1923) |
| Known for | Samuel Checkers-playing Program Alpha–beta pruning (an early implementation) Pioneer in Machine Learning TeX project (with Donald Knuth) |
| Awards | Computer Pioneer Award (1987) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Bell Laboratories (1928) University of Illinois (1946) IBM Poughkeepsie Laboratory (1949) Stanford University (1966) |
Arthur Lee Samuel (December 5, 1901 – July 29, 1990) was an American pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He popularized the term "machine learning" in 1959. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the world's first successful self-learning programs, and as such a very early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence (AI). He was also a senior member in the TeX community who devoted much time giving personal attention to the needs of users and wrote an early TeX manual in 1983.