Aravind Joshi

Aravind Krishna Joshi
Born(1929-08-05)August 5, 1929
Pune, India
DiedDecember 31, 2017(2017-12-31) (aged 88)
Alma mater
Known forDefining the tree-adjoining grammar formalism
Scientific career
FieldsComputational linguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Notable studentsS. Rao Kosaraju, Jerry Kaplan, Kathleen McKeown

Aravind Krishna Joshi (August 5, 1929 – December 31, 2017) was the Henry Salvatori Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science in the computer science department of the University of Pennsylvania. Joshi defined the tree-adjoining grammar formalism which is often used in computational linguistics and natural language processing.[1]

Joshi studied at Pune University and the Indian Institute of Science, where he was awarded a BE in electrical engineering and a DIISc in communication engineering respectively. Joshi's graduate work was done in the electrical engineering department at the University of Pennsylvania, and he was awarded his PhD in 1960. He became a professor at Penn and was the co-founder and co-director of the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Joshi, Aravind K. 1929- (Aravind Krishna) [WorldCat Identities]".
  2. ^ "Aravind Joshi, Engineering". almanac.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  3. ^ "Aravind-K-Joshi".

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