Allen Newell

Allen Newell (1927-1992) was an American computer scientist and cognitive psychologist. He co-developed the Logic Theorist, the first artificial intelligence program, and later worked on the development of the General Problem Solver. Newell also made significant contributions to cognitive psychology, particularly in the field of human problem-solving and decision-making.

He co-developed the Logic Theorist and General Problem Solver, early AI programs. Newell's research on symbolic processing and problem-solving algorithms laid the foundation for AI. His contributions have had a lasting impact on the field of computer science.

Allen Newell was an American researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Department of Psychology. He, Herbert A. Simon, and Cliff Shaw contributed to the Information Processing Language (1956) and two of the earliest AI programs, the Logic Theorist (1956) and the General Problem Solver (1957). He and Simon were awarded the ACM Turing Award in 1975 for their contributions to artificial intelligence and the psychology of human cognition.

• He and Simon were awarded the ACM Turing Award in 1975 for their contributions to artificial intelligence and the psychology of human cognition.