Marvin Minsky (1927- )
Marvin Minsky is a mathematician who has made contributions to artificial intelligence, mathematics, robotics, congnitive psychology, and optics. In 1951 he built the SNARC, the first neural network stimulator. Minsky is the co-founder and director of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab. According to Feigenbaum and Feldman, "Minsky's work has been integral to the establishment of...artificial intelligence...the mathematical theory of computation...robotics, computer vision, and telepresence" (Current Biography). For indepth biographical information and publications by Minsky go to--