Ken Forbus Explained

Ken Forbus
Discipline:	Computer science
Education:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)
Doctoral Advisor:	Gerald Jay Sussman
Doctoral Students:	Boi Faltings
Workplaces:	UIUC Northwestern University
Sub Discipline:	Artificial intelligence

Kenneth Dale "Ken" Forbus is an American computer scientist working as the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Education at Northwestern University.^[1]

Education

Forbus earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science, Master of Science in computer science, and PhD in artificial intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[2]

Career

Forbus is notable for his work in qualitative process theory, automated sketch understanding, and automated analogical reasoning. He also developed the structure mapping engine based on the structure-mapping theory of Dedre Gentner. He is a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Cognitive Science Society.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forbus, Ken . Faculty Directory . Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University . 2010-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100606043612/http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/fac_dir/detail.php?id=81 . 2010-06-06 .
2. Web site: Forbus, Ken. Faculty Web Page. Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University. 2016-06-28.
3. Web site: Current AAAI Fellows. aaai.org. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. 2010-01-24.
4. Web site: Fellows. Cognitive Science Society. 30 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926082227/http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/. 26 September 2018. dead.