John E. Laird
John E. Laird | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Universal Subgoaling |
| Doctoral advisor | Allen Newell |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Computer Science |
| Sub-discipline | Cognitive Architectures |
| Institutions | |
| Notable works | The Soar Cognitive Architecture |
John E. Laird (born March 16, 1954, in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a computer scientist who created the Soar cognitive architecture at Carnegie Mellon University with Paul Rosenbloom and Allen Newell. Laird is a professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Division of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of the University of Michigan.