Category Archives: Most Influential

Philippe Kahn

Posted on March 21, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Stéphane Dalbera posts biographies of the most influential figures in the history of software development. Today he wrote about Philippe Kahn: “Meet Philippe Kahn – a visionary mathematician, entrepreneur, and tech industry pioneer. Best known for inventing the camera phone in 1997, … Continue reading →

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Marvin Minsky

Posted on February 23, 2025 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Stéphane Dalbera posts brief biographies of the most influential figures in the development of AI and computer science in general. Here are quotes from his latest post about Marvin Minsky with comments by Philippe Kahn: “Minsky helped develop early AI … Continue reading →

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Dantzig’s Story

Posted on July 27, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“If I had known that the problems were not homework but were in fact two famous unsolved problems in statistics, I probably would not have thought positively, would have become discouraged, and would never have solved them.” George Dantzig The … Continue reading →

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James Gosling retires, Java keeps going strong

Posted on July 5, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

== James_Gosling – Wikipedia == Java is strong in 2024 ==

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Neil Raden

Posted on May 21, 2024 by decisionmanagementcommunity

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In Memory of Doug Lenat

Posted on September 6, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“Intelligence is ten million rules.” Doug Lenat Douglas Lenat, who Tried to Make A.I. More Human, died at 72. He spent decades working on artificial intelligence, striving to create computers that could replicate common sense. In 2012 Doug was our … Continue reading →

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Fred Brooks

Posted on November 18, 2022 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Fred Brooks, one of the most outstanding computer scientists of our time, died on Nov. 17. He authored “The Mythical Man Month“, a book that was hugely influential on so many of our readers. His paper “No Silver Bullet” would … Continue reading →

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AI’s Premier Award 2020 goes to Gene Freuder

Posted on April 28, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The premier AI award, the IJCAI Research Excellence Award, this year goes to Professor Eugene C. Freuder. It is Gene Freuder who said: “We are in the business of helping computers help people make better decisions.” In 1997 in his … Continue reading →

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Remembering Egon Balas

Posted on March 20, 2019 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Egon Balas, a pioneer in integer and disjunctive programming, died on March 18, 2019. He was 96. His life included two imprisonments for joining the communist party to oppose the Nazis during World War II. He later became one of … Continue reading →

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The Most Popular DMCommunity’s Posts of 2018

Posted on December 30, 2018 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Here is the list of the most viewed DMCommunity.org pages and posts in 2018: Page/Post Views Challenge Feb-2018 823 DecisionCAMP-2018 550 Challenge April-2018 508 Gartner Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018 437 Challenge June-2018 422 Challenge Nov-2018 378 Three Levels … Continue reading →

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