John McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence (AI) and is recognized as the father of AI research. He founded two of the most important AI laboratories in the world and wrote the primary computer programming language for AI research, LISP (List...

1927- American Computer Scientist The father of research in artificial intelligence (AI)—a term he coined—John McCarthy wrote the principal computer language for AI research, List Processing Language (LISP). He founded two of the most...

John McCarthy (born September 4, 1927, in Boston, Massachusetts), is an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1971 for his major contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He was responsible for the coining of the...

John J. McCarthy, 59, president and chief executive of HMSHost Corp. of Bethesda, died Nov. 4 of pneumonia at a hospital in Ocala, Fla., where he lived. He also had a home in Arlington. Mr. McCarthy had worked for HMSHost, one of the...

[THE CAPTIONING INFORMATION THAT ACCOMPANIED THIS STORY WAS INCORRECT. A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE CAPTION FIELD OF THIS STORY.] John J. McCarthy was known as a "Wakefield legend" whose service to the town dated back to 1950, when he was the...

A 10-year-old boy who stole a car, led police on a high-speed chase and talked his way onto two Southwest Airlines flights has a chance to keep his record clean after a judge gave him probation.Pierce County Superior Court Judge John McCarthy found Semaj Booker...

U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor, who was found dead in his apartment in suburban Washington earlier this week, died of blunt head and neck trauma consistent with a fall down stairs, according to a medical examiner's report released Friday.The death was certified as an accident, said...