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author Henry Thompson <ht@markup.co.uk>
date Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:58:26 +0000
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310 awarded him the credits necessary for a degree, clearing the way for 310 awarded him the credits necessary for a degree, clearing the way for
311 his admission to the graduate program. 311 his admission to the graduate program.
312 312
313 In 1977 Terry Winograd, who had left MIT to join the Computer Science 313 In 1977 Terry Winograd, who had left MIT to join the Computer Science
314 Lab at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), invited Smith to 314 Lab at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), invited Smith to
315 spend the summer in the Understander Group there, where he joined the 315 spend the summer in the Understander Group there, where he joined in
316 in the development of KRL, a Knowledge Representation Language, which 316 the development of KRL, a Knowledge Representation Language, which
317 came to embody some of the ideas that were developed in his Masters 317 came to embody some of the ideas that were developed in his Masters
318 and PhD dissertations. 318 and PhD dissertations.
319
320 These biographical details bring us to the brink of Smith's
321 professional life, wherein the point made above about multiple
322 allegiances can be succinctly summarized by a list of the positions he
323 has occupied: Director, Xerox PARC System Sciences Lab; Adjunct
324 Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University; Founding
325 member of Stanford University's Center for the Study of Language and Information; Founding
326 member and first president, Computer Professionals for Social
327 Responsibility; President of the Society for Philosophy and
328 Psychology; Professor of Cognitive Science, Computer Science, and
329 Philosophy, Indiana University; Kimberly J. Jenkins University
330 Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and New Technologies, Duke
331 University; Dean of the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto;
332 Professor of Information, Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and the
333 History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of
334 Toronto; Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto; Reid
335 Hoffman Professor of Artificial Intelligence and the Human, University
336 of Toronto