Johan de Kleer

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Johan de Kleer
Education PhD
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
Fields Cognitive science, electrical engineering, computer science
Institutions Xerox PARC
Doctoral advisor Gerald Jay Sussman

Johan de Kleer is a computer scientist working as a Research Fellow at Xerox PARC. [1]

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Education

De Kleer earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science and mathematics from University of British Columbia, and Master of Science in computer science and electrical engineering and PhD in artificial intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [2]

Career

De Kleer is known for his work on qualitative reasoning [3] , model-based diagnosis, design and truth maintenance systems. In his works, he has maintained that self-aware systems will be using formal language and will be distinguished for an emphasis on math. [4] De Kleer is noted for his works on qualitative analysis of electrical systems. An example is his conceptualization of the Incremental Qualitative Analysis, a causal qualitative analysis technique that became the basis of a program called QUAL, which is used to describe and recognize the functionality of bipolar circuits. [5]

De Kleer won the Computers and Thought award from IJCAI in 1987 for his work in qualitative reasoning. [6] He is a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Association for Computing Machinery. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "de Kleer, Johan". parc.org. 12 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Johan de Kleer at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ↑ Bobrow, Daniel Gureasko (1994). Artificial Intelligence in Perspective. MIT Press. p. 126. ISBN   978-0-262-52186-4.
  4. ↑ 21st Century Paradigm Change in Performance and Design Metrics: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. 2019. p. 55. ISBN   978-0-309-47564-8.
  5. ↑ Bozzano, Giulia Luisa (2012). Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design: Volume II: Models of Innovative Design, Reasoning About Physical Systems, And Reasoning About Geometry. Academic Press. p. 408. ISBN   978-0-323-13996-0.
  6. ↑ "Computers and Thought winners". International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  7. ↑ "Current AAAI Fellows". aaai.org. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  8. ↑ "ACM Fellows". acm.org. Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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