Oliver Selfridge

Updated: 12/30/2019 by Computer Hope
Oliver Selfridge

Name: Oliver Selfridge

Born: May 10, 1926, in England

Death: December 3, 2008 (Age: 82)

Computer-related contributions

  • Pioneer of AI (artificial intelligence) and called the "father of machine perception."
  • Helped organize the first ever public meeting on AI with Norbert Minsky in 1955.
  • Wrote important early papers on neural networks and pattern recognition and machine learning, and his "Pandemonium" paper (1959) is generally recognized as a classic in artificial intelligence.

Significant publications

  • Trouble With Dragons (1978).
  • All About Mud (1978).