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Jacques Pitrat

1934 – 2019

French artificial intelligence scientist

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About Jacques Pitrat

Lived 1934 – 2019 (aged 85). Jacques Pitrat was a French military engineer and researcher.

Jacques Pitrat (February 1934 — October 2019) was one of the French symbolic artificial intelligence pioneers. He developed knowledge based systems, expert systems, and theorem provers, and was a strong advocate of meta-knowledge based systems.

Graduated from École Polytechnique, and member of the Corps de l'armement, he began his career at the Laboratoire Central de l'Armement (French equivalent of DARPA) from 1959 to 1967. In 1966 he defended his Habilitation thesis (Doctorat d'État) about a theorem proving software using meta-theorems.

He worked at the CNRS from 1967 till his retirement, ending his career as emeritus research director at the end of 2015. He taught artificial intelligence at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris from 1967 till 1998. He was elected an AAAI Fellow in 1994.

Published books Réalisation de programmes de démonstration de théorèmes utilisant des méthodes heuristiques. Thesis, 1966. Un programme de démonstration de théorèmes. Monographies d'informatique de l'AFCET. Dunod. 1970. Textes, ordinateurs et compréhension. Eyrolles. 1985. Translated to English : An artificial approach to understanding natural language. North Oxford Academic (Grande-Bretagne) et GP Publishing (USA) 1988. Métaconnaissance, Futur de l'Intelligence Artificielle. Hermès. 1990. Penser autrement l'informatique. Hermès. 1993. De la machine à l'intelligence. Hermès. 1995. Artificial Beings - The conscience of a conscious machine ISTE, Wiley, Mars 2009.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Military engineer, researcher
Nationality
Education
École polytechnique, University of Paris
Positions held
Director of Research at CNRS
Employers
National Center for Scientific Research
Awards
AAAI Fellow; Officer of the National Order of Merit; Knight of the Legion of Honour; Cross for Military Valour

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Jacques Pitrat's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Jacques Pitrat?

French artificial intelligence scientist (1934–2019)

When was Jacques Pitrat born?

Jacques Pitrat was born on 27 February 1934 in Bourges.

When did Jacques Pitrat die?

Jacques Pitrat died on 14 October 2019 in Chevilly-Larue.

What was Jacques Pitrat's occupation?

Jacques Pitrat was a military engineer and researcher.

What nationality was Jacques Pitrat?

Jacques Pitrat was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jacques Pitrat

· Wikidata: Q3159777

· DBpedia: Jacques Pitrat

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