Allen Newell

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gptkbp:instanceOf computer scientist
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Carnegie_Mellon_University
gptkbp:author Human Problem Solving
The Unified Theories of Cognition
The_Psychology_of_Human-Computer_Interaction
gptkbp:awards Turing Award
gptkbp:born March 19, 1927
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Information Processing Theory
Human problem solving
SOAR cognitive architecture
Theories of problem solving
The_Newell-Simon_architecture
gptkbp:died July 19, 1992
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
Ph.D._in_psychology
gptkbp:field Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Science
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Allen Newell
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Herbert_A._Simon
gptkb:John_McCarthy
gptkb:Marvin_Minsky
gptkbp:influencedBy Cognitive psychology
Computer science
Artificial_Intelligence_research
gptkbp:involved Member_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
Member_of_the_National_Academy_of_Engineering
Member_of_the_American_Psychological_Association
Founding_member_of_the_Cognitive_Science_Society
Member_of_the_Association_for_Computing_Machinery
gptkbp:knownFor human-computer interaction
cognitive architecture
gptkbp:legacy Founding figure in AI
Influence on software engineering
Development of cognitive models
Impact on human-computer interaction
Pioneer_in_cognitive_science
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:William_A._Woods
gptkb:J._C._R._Licklider
gptkb:Peter_G._Neumark
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:researchFocus Learning
Decision making
Problem solving
Human cognition
Cognitive architectures
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Caroline_Newell