As part of the Chancellor's Distinguished Fellows Speakers series, the Bren School hosted Marvin Minsky, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Marvin Minsky
A short bio of Minsky is available at the bottom of the page.
Minsky gave two speeches during his visit to UCI which have been made available as downloadable mp3s you can download and play either on your computer or an mp3 player like Apple's iPod.
To save the files to your computer either right-click the link and select 'Save Target As' on the PC or if on an Apple, control-click the link and select 'Save Link As'.
About Marvin Minsky
Marvin Minsky's research has led to both theoretical and practical advances in artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, neural networks, and the theory of Turing Machines and recursive functions.
He has made major contributions in the domains of symbolic graphical description, computational geometry, knowledge representation, computational semantics, machine perception, symbolic and connectionist learning. He has also been involved with many studies of advanced technologies for space exploration.
Minsky was also one of the pioneers of intelligence-based mechanical robotics and telepresence. He designed and built some of the first mechanical hands with tactile sensors, visual scanners, and their software and computer interfaces. He also influenced many robotic projects outside of MIT, and designed and built the first LOGO "turtle."
For additional information on Minsky please visit his web page.
