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Aravind Joshi

1929 – 2017

American computer scientist

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About Aravind Joshi

Lived 1929 – 2017 (aged 88). Aravind Joshi was an American and Indian mathematician, linguist, computer scientist, engineer, artificial intelligence researcher and cognitive scientist, known for Tree-adjoining grammar.

Awards and recognitions Guggenheim fellow, 1971–72 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1976 Best Paper Award at the National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1987 Founding Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 1990 IJCAI Award for Research Excellence, 1997 Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, 1998 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, 1999 First to be awarded the Association for Computational Linguistics Lifetime Achievement Award at the 40th anniversary meeting of the ACL, 2002 Awarded the Rumelhart Prize, 2003 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science, 2005 Doctor honoris causa of mathematical and physical sciences, Charles University in Prague, October 30, 2013 S.-Y. Kuroda Prize of the SIG Mathematics of Language of the ACL, 2013

Awarded history On April 21, 2005, Joshi was awarded the Franklin Institute's Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science. The Franklin Institute citation states that he was awarded the medal "for his fundamental contributions to our understanding of how language is represented in the mind, and for developing techniques that enable computers to process efficiently the wide range of human languages. These advances have led to new methods for computer translation."

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Important facts

Birth century
Known for
Tree-adjoining grammar
Education
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, University of Pennsylvania
Employers
University of Pennsylvania
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship; Benjamin Franklin Medal; IJCAI Award for Research Excellence; ACL Fellow; AAAI Fellow; Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society; ACM Fellow; IEEE Fellow; Rumelhart Prize; Honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII
Also known as
Aravind K. Joshi, Aravind Krishna Joshi

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Aravind Joshi?

American computer scientist (1929–2017)

When was Aravind Joshi born?

Aravind Joshi was born on 5 August 1929 in Pune.

When did Aravind Joshi die?

Aravind Joshi died on 31 December 2017 in Philadelphia.

What was Aravind Joshi's occupation?

Aravind Joshi was a mathematician, linguist, computer scientist, engineer, artificial intelligence researcher and cognitive scientist.

What was Aravind Joshi known for?

Aravind Joshi was known for Tree-adjoining grammar.

What nationality was Aravind Joshi?

Aravind Joshi was American and Indian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Aravind Joshi

· Wikidata: Q92965

· DBpedia: Aravind Joshi

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