Randall Davis
Randall Davis received his Stanford doctorate in AI in 1976 and joined MIT’s electrical engineering and computer science faculty in 1978. He contributed to knowledge-based systems. Davis’s research group developed natural sketch-based interaction for computer-aided design and recorded design reasons. His research also includes sketch understanding. AAAI elected Davis president for a two-year term in 1995. His 1996 presidential address, What Are Intelligence? And Why?, appeared in AI Magazine in 1998.
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Timeline
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1976–1978
From Stanford to MIT
Randall Davis received his Stanford doctorate in AI in 1976 and joined MIT’s electrical engineering and computer science faculty in 1978. He contributed to knowledge-based systems.
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Research program
Drawing as an interface
Davis’s research group developed natural sketch-based interaction for computer-aided design and recorded design reasons. His research also includes sketch understanding.
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1995
AI community leadership
AAAI elected Davis president for a two-year term in 1995. His 1996 presidential address, What Are Intelligence? And Why?, appeared in AI Magazine in 1998.
Sources and credits
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