James Hendler

James Alexander Hendler
Born (1957-04-02) 2 April 1957
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materYale University
Southern Methodist University
Brown University
Known forSignificant Contributions to the Semantic Web
SpouseTerry Horowit
ChildrenSharon Horowit-Hendler (1987)
Scientific career
FieldsArtificial intelligence
Semantic Web
InstitutionsRensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Maryland
ThesisIntegrating Marker-Passing and Problem-Solving: A Spreading-Activation Approach to Improved Choice in Planning (1986)
Doctoral advisorEugene Charniak
Doctoral studentsJen Golbeck
Websitewww.cs.rpi.edu/~hendler
twitter.com/jahendler

James Alexander Hendler (born April 2, 1957) is an artificial intelligence researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States, and one of the originators of the Semantic Web. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.