Donald Michie: Machine Intelligence, Biology and More

Zusatztext The book is certainly a valuable resource for the histories of Colossus. Informationen zum Autor Ashwin Srinivasan received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1991. In 1991 he joined the Turing Institute, Scotland. From 1993, he was a member of the Oxford University's Computing Laboratory, where he was involved in pioneering applications of logic-based machine learning to difficult real-world problems in biology and chemistry. In 2003, he moved to the IBM India Research Laboratory in New Delhi as a Research Staff Member. He is the recipient of several awards and fellowships, and is regularly invited to present work on machine-assisted methods for scientific knowledge discovery. Klappentext Donald Michie was an extraordinary character. In a scientific career that spanned nearly 65 years! he was the pioneer in several fields including computing! mouse embryology! transplantation biology! and machine intelligence. Tragically! he died in a car crash in 2007. Here! Ashwin Srinivasan presents a varied collection of Michie's writings! from Colossus and computers to mouse genetics and politics. Srinivasan! a computer scientist and graduate student of Donald Michie! introduces each section and brings together an engaging collection of lively essays! revealing Michie's remarkable personality and painting a picture of his life and interests. Zusammenfassung Donald Michie was many things; a computing pioneer in machine intelligence, a cryptographer who made key breakthroughs at Bletchley Park, and a geneticist. Tragically, two years ago he died in a car crash. Here, Ashwin Srinivasan presents an engaging collection of lively essays from Michie's writings, on thinking computers, mice, and much more.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Michie, Ashwin Srinivasan, Ashwin (Ibm India Research Laboratory) Srinivasan, Srinivasan Ashwin
• Assisted by: Ashwin Srinivasan (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2009
• EAN: 9780199573042
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957304-2
• No. of pages: 354
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Artificial Intelligence, MEDICAL / Genetics, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Medical Genetics, Information technology: general issues, Genetics (non-medical), Information technology: general topics, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, Digital and Information technology: general topics