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'''Patrick Henry Winston''' |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|02|05}} |
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| birth_place = [[Peoria, Illinois]], U.S. |
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| fields = [[Artificial Intelligence]] <br> [[Computer Science]] |
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| alma_mater = [[MIT]] (BS 1965, MS 1967, PhD 1970) <ref>[http://people.csail.mit.edu/phw/vitae.html CV of Winston]</ref> |
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| thesis_title = Learning Structural Descriptions from Examples |
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| thesis_url = http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6884 |
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| thesis_year = 1970 |
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Marvin Minsky]] |
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| doctoral_students = [[David Waltz]]<br/>[[Philip Greenspun]] |
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| website = {{URL|http://people.csail.mit.edu/phw/index.html|Personal homepage}} |
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| spouse = Karen Prendergast<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Patrick Winston, former director of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, dies at 76| date=19 July 2019 |url=https://news.mit.edu/2019/patrick-winston-professor-obituary-0719#:~:text=Outside%20of%20the%20lab%20he,Prendergast%20and%20his%20daughter%20Sarah.|publisher=MIT news|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref> |
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⚫ | '''Patrick Henry Winston''' (February 5, 1943 – July 19, 2019) was an American computer scientist and professor at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. Winston was director of the [[MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory]] from 1972 to 1997, succeeding [[Marvin Minsky]], who left to help found the [[MIT Media Lab]]. Winston was succeeded as director by [[Rodney Brooks]]. |
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Winston conducted thesis work concerned the difficulty of learning under [[Marvin Minsky]]; he concluded it was only possible to learn something one nearly already knows. He is active in research and interested in [[machine learning]] and human intelligence. Winston also teaches "The Human Intelligence Enterprise" course which covers AI and effective communicate strategies. Winston is known within the MIT community for his strong commitment to supporting MIT undergraduate culture. He is also an avid woodworker having made all the furniture in his office. |
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After graduating from high school, Winston left East Peoria, a suburb of Peoria, IL, to come to MIT by train. He received his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1965, where he was a member of [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity, and went on to complete his Masters and PhD there as well, finalizing his PhD in 1970. His research interests included [[machine learning]] and [[human intelligence]]. Winston was known within the MIT community for his excellent teaching and strong commitment to supporting MIT undergraduate culture.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schaffer|first1=Amanda|last2=Knight|first2=Will|title=Patrick Winston '65, SM '67, PhD '70|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/21/133494/patrick-winston-65-sm-67-phd-70/|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=Jan 14, 2022|website=MIT Technology Review}}</ref> |
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Winston currently teaches 6.034: Artificial Intelligence and 6.803/6.833: Human Intelligence Enterprise. Winston is also a (co-)author of a number of CS and AI textbooks, including: |
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* ''Artificial Intelligence'' |
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* ''On to C'' |
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At MIT, Winston taught 6.034: Artificial Intelligence and 6.803/6.833: [[Human intelligence|Human Intelligence]] Enterprise. Winston's ''How to Speak'' talk was an MIT tradition for over 40 years. "Offered every January, the talk is intended to improve your speaking ability in critical situations by teaching you a few heuristic rules."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Winston|first1=Patrick|title=How to Speak|url=https://ocw.mit.edu/how_to_speak|website=MIT OpenCourseWare|language=en|accessdate=Aug 11, 2020}}</ref> A book with his insights and teachings on [[Communication theory|communication]] was published in 2020 by the MIT Press: "Make It Clear: Speak and Write to Persuade and Inform".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Patrick|first=Winston|url=https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4874/Make-It-ClearSpeak-and-Write-to-Persuade-and|title=Make It Clear: Speak and Write to Persuade and Inform|publisher=The MIT Press|year=2020|isbn=9780262360395|language=en}}</ref> |
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He is also an alumnus of the Mass Gamma chapter of [[Phi Delta Theta]]. |
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Winston served as president of the [[Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence]] from 1985–1987. |
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Winston died in Boston on July 19, 2019.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Professor Patrick Winston, former director of MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, dies at 76 |author1=Conner-Simons, Adam |author2=Gordon, Rachel |publisher=MIT |url=https://news.mit.edu/2019/patrick-winston-professor-obituary-0719 |date=July 19, 2019}}</ref> |
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== Bibliography and publications == |
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Winston authored a number of computer science and AI textbooks, including: |
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* ''[[Artificial Intelligence (book)|Artificial Intelligence]]'' {{ISBN|0201533774}} |
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⚫ | * ''[[Lisp (book)|Lisp]]'' (with [[Berthold K.P. Horn]]) {{ISBN|0201083191}} |
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* ''On to C'' {{ISBN|020158042X}} |
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⚫ | * ''On to Java'' (with [[Sundar Narasimhan]]) {{ISBN|0201725932}} |
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==References== |
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* [http://people.csail.mit.edu/phw/index.html Personal homepage] |
* [http://people.csail.mit.edu/phw/index.html Personal homepage] |
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* {{cite web |last1=Winston |first1=Patrick |title=How to Speak |url=<!-- https://ocw.mit.edu/how_to_speak -->https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unzc731iCUY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Unzc731iCUY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=MIT OpenCourseWare |via=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=11 August 2020 |language=en}}{{cbignore}} |
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* [http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58703/winston1.html Patrick Winston: How to Speak] |
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⚫ | * [http://purl.umn.edu/107719 Oral History with Patrick H. Winston], [[Charles Babbage Institute]], University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. |
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Patrick Henry Winston
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Born | (1943-02-05)February 5, 1943
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
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Died | July 19, 2019(2019-07-19) (aged 76)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | MIT (BS 1965, MS 1967, PhD 1970) [1] |
Spouse | Karen Prendergast[2] |
Children | 1 |
Awards | IJCAI Computers and Thought Award |
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Fields | Artificial Intelligence Computer Science |
Thesis | Learning Structural Descriptions from Examples (1970) |
Doctoral advisor | Marvin Minsky |
Doctoral students | David Waltz Philip Greenspun |
Website | Personal homepage |
Patrick Henry Winston (February 5, 1943 – July 19, 2019) was an American computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Winston was director of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997, succeeding Marvin Minsky, who left to help found the MIT Media Lab. Winston was succeeded as director by Rodney Brooks.
After graduating from high school, Winston left East Peoria, a suburb of Peoria, IL, to come to MIT by train. He received his undergraduate degree from MIT in 1965, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and went on to complete his Masters and PhD there as well, finalizing his PhD in 1970. His research interests included machine learning and human intelligence. Winston was known within the MIT community for his excellent teaching and strong commitment to supporting MIT undergraduate culture.[3]
At MIT, Winston taught 6.034: Artificial Intelligence and 6.803/6.833: Human Intelligence Enterprise. Winston's How to Speak talk was an MIT tradition for over 40 years. "Offered every January, the talk is intended to improve your speaking ability in critical situations by teaching you a few heuristic rules."[4] A book with his insights and teachings on communication was published in 2020 by the MIT Press: "Make It Clear: Speak and Write to Persuade and Inform".[5]
Winston served as president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence from 1985–1987.
Winston died in Boston on July 19, 2019.[6]
Winston authored a number of computer science and AI textbooks, including:
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