Allen Newell

<p>Allen Newell (March 19, 1927 – July 19, 1992) was an American researcher in <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a> and <a href="/facts/Cognitive_psychology/GnzIgx2I">cognitive psychology</a> at the <a href="/facts/RAND_Corporation/zArfRxf9">RAND Corporation</a> and at <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_University/XKd7L2KA">Carnegie Mellon University</a>'s <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_School_of_Computer_Science/e2XNDQeL">School of Computer Science</a>, <a href="/facts/Tepper_School_of_Business/ohF4Rjd3">Tepper School of Business</a>, and Department of Psychology. He, <a href="/facts/Herbert_A._Simon/NNHhQ2bS">Herbert A. Simon</a>, and <a href="/facts/Cliff_Shaw/HEKfD595">Cliff Shaw</a> contributed to the <a href="/facts/Information_Processing_Language/06CVyAF4">Information Processing Language</a> (1956) and two of the earliest <a href="/facts/Artificial_Intelligence/lJGauQwX">AI</a> programs, the <a href="/facts/Logic_Theorist/cCCDAyCq">Logic Theorist</a> (1956) and the <a href="/facts/General_Problem_Solver/r0lMBqR7">General Problem Solver</a> (1957). He and Simon were awarded the <a href="/facts/Association_for_Computing_Machinery/abI2atlP">ACM</a>'s <a href="/facts/A.M._Turing_Award/HbEEp0GF">A.M. Turing Award</a> in 1975 for their contributions to artificial intelligence and the psychology of human cognition.
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Allen Newell