Gerald Jay Sussman

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Gerald Jay Sussman
Gerald Sussman appearing in a 1986 video recording of the SICP lectures
Born	(1947-02-08) February 8, 1947 (age 77) US
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB 1968, PhD 1973)
Known for	Artificial intelligence, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
Spouse	Julie Sussman
Awards	IJCAI Computers and Thought Award (1981) ACM Fellow (1990)
Scientific career
Fields	Cognitive science, electrical engineering, computer science
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	A Computational Model of Skill Acquisition  (1973)
Doctoral advisor	Seymour Papert
Doctoral students	Elizabeth Bradley Kenneth D. Forbus W. Daniel Hillis David A. McAllester Guy L. Steele Jr. Radhika Nagpal
Website	groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs

Gerald Jay Sussman (born February 8, 1947) is the Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has been involved in artificial intelligence (AI) research at MIT since 1964. His research has centered on understanding the problem-solving strategies used by scientists and engineers, with the goals of automating parts of the process and formalizing it to provide more effective methods of science and engineering education. Sussman has also worked in computer languages, in computer architecture, and in Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design.^[1]