Researcher · Academic · Founder
John McCarthy
1927–2011
🇺🇸 AmericanLifespan 1927–2011
McCarthy coined the term “artificial intelligence” in the 1955 proposal for the 1956 Dartmouth workshop, created Lisp, pioneered computer time-sharing and logic-based commonsense reasoning, and founded Stanford AI Lab. He received the 1971 Turing Award.
Career & education
Previously
Stanford University1962-2011Professor of Computer Science (emeritus from 2001)
MIT1958-1962Faculty; co-founder, Artificial Intelligence Project
Dartmouth College1955-1958Assistant Professor; organizer, 1956 Dartmouth AI workshop
Stanford University1962-2011MIT1958-1962Dartmouth College1955-1958Education
Caltech
Princeton UniversityWork and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
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citations60,385As of Jun 15, '26
citations+5,538Since last snapshot, Aug 25, '25
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