Biography:Mark E. Stickel

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Short description: American computer scientist
Mark E. Stickel
DiedApril 13, 2013(2013-04-13) (aged 65)
Occupationcomputer scientist
Known forautomated theorem proving and artificial intelligence
Notable work
SNARK
AwardsFellow, American Association for Artificial Intelligence,
Herbrand Award

Mark E. Stickel (June 22, 1947 – April 13, 2013) was a computer scientist working in the fields of automated theorem proving and artificial intelligence. He worked at SRI International for over 30 years, and was Principal Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Center.[1]

Stickel's research included Theory Resolution, Associative-Commutative (AC) Unification, and the development of the Prolog Technology Theorem Prover (PTTP) and SNARK, SRI's New Automated Reasoning Kit.[2]

He was elected fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence in 1992 and received the Herbrand Award for his contributions to automated deduction in 2002.[3]

References

  1. Perrault, Ray; Waldinger, Richard (13 April 2013). "Mark Stickel". aitopics.org. http://aitopics.org/link/mark-stickel. Retrieved 26 September 2014. 
  2. Stickel, Mark. "Mark E. Stickel". SRI International. http://www.ai.sri.com/~stickel/. Retrieved 26 September 2014. 
  3. "The Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automated Reasoning". CADE Inc.. http://www.cadeinc.org/Herbrand-Award. Retrieved 11 December 2016.