C. Raymond Perrault
| Raymond Perrault | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | American and Canadian |
| Fields | Artificial intelligence |
| Institutions |
University of Toronto SRI International |
| Alma mater |
McGill University University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor |
Joyce Friedman William Rounds |
| Notable students | James F. Allen |
Charles Raymond Perrault is an artificial intelligence researcher and the director of the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International.[1] He was a co-principal investigator of the CALO project, which is the predecessor for several AI technologies including Siri.[2]
Education
Perrault received a bachelor of science in mathematics from McGill University and a Ph.D. in computer and communication sciences from the University of Michigan in 1975.[3][4][5]
Career
Perrault was a faculty member of the University of Toronto from 1974 to 1983, rising from associate to full professor.[2]
He started at SRI International in 1983, and is the director of the Artificial Intelligence Center. While at SRI, he was a co-principal investigator of the CALO project and is also a founder of the Center for the Study of Language and Information.[2]
Memberships and awards
Perrault was the co-editor in chief of the journal Artificial Intelligence from 2001 to 2010, the president and a trustee of the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence from 1992 to 2001,[6] and was president of the Association for Computational Linguistics in 1983.[2][7]
In 1990, Perrault was named a founding fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.[3][8] In July 2011, he won the Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award from the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence.[7]
References
- ↑ "Dr C. Raymond Perrault". Artificial Intelligence Center. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- 1 2 3 4 "International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Honors SRI's Raymond Perrault with Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award". SRI International. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
- 1 2 "Intellectual Property Licensing at SRI International". CERN. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "(Charles) Raymond Perrault". AI Genealogy Project. University of Michigan. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "(Charles) Raymond Perrault". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "Trustees/Officers". International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- 1 2 "International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Honors SRI's Raymond Perrault with Donald E. Walker Distinguished Service Award". Reuters. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "Elected AAAI Fellows". Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Retrieved 2012-01-13.