Edward A. Feigenbaum

Edward A. Feigenbaum is a Kumagai Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. His research at Stanford University was primarily in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

In AI, he is known as “the father of Expert Systems.” Feigenbaum served as Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force from 1994 to 1997. Feigenbaum was President of the AAAI (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.)  He has served on: the National Science Foundation Computer Science Advisory Board; the DARPA study group  for Information Science and Technology(ISAT);  the National Research Council's Computer Science and Technology Board (CSTB); and the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine.  Feigenbaum was Co-Principal Investigator of the national computer facility for applications of Artificial Intelligence to medicine and biology known as the SUMEX-AIM facility, funded by NIH at Stanford University. In 1994, he received computer science’s highest award, the ACM Turing Award. He received honorary doctorates from Aston University in Britain, and from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  He was a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Computer History Museum (CHM) for twelve years; and also awardee of  CHM’s highest award. He won the George Stibitz Award of the American Computer and Robotics Museum. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.