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'''Alan W. Biermann''',<br/>
an American mathematician, computer scientist and professor of CS at [[Duke University]]. His research interests include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_linguistics computational linguistics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_programming automatic programming], [[Learning|learning]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inference inference], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_framework multimedia tools] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science#Education computer science education] <ref>[http://www.cs.duke.edu/~awb/ Alan W. Biermann]</ref>. In the mid 70s, he advised his students [[Eric Jensen]] and [[Tom Truscott]] in writing the ''Duke program'', a [[Checkers]] program which defeated [[Arthur Samuel|Samuel's]] program in a 2-game match <ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19770512&id=hr4gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xmkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4778,1673986 The Lewiston Daily Sun - Google News Archive], May 12, 1977</ref> <ref>[http://www.fierz.ch/history.htm A brief history of computer checkers] by [[Martin Fierz]]</ref> <ref>[http://checkersbackground.com/samuel-s-and-the.html Samuel's and The Duke Checkers Programs]</ref>.

=Selected Publicatons=
<ref>[http://www.cs.duke.edu/~awb/sectionstar3_3.html Alan W. Biermann - Selected Publicatons]</ref> <ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hd/b/Biermann:Alan_W= dblp: Alan W. Biermann]</ref>
* [[Alan Biermann|Alan W. Biermann]] ('''1968'''). ''Pattern Classification Using Sequential Machine Analysis.'' Ph.D. thesis, [[University of California, Berkeley]], Advisor [[Mathematician#Gill|Arthur Gill]]
* [[Alan Biermann]] ('''1979'''). ''When a Duchess Reigned in Jerusalem''. [[Personal Computing#3_2|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 2]], pp. 71 » [[Duchess]], [[Jerusalem CC Tournament 1978]]
* [[Alan Biermann|Alan W. Biermann]] ('''1994'''). ''[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=261930&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel1%2F2%2F6599%2F00261930 Computer Science for the Many]''. [[IEEE|IEEE Computer]]
* [[Alan Biermann|Alan W. Biermann]] ('''1997'''). ''[http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/great-ideas-computer-science Great Ideas in Computer Science]''. Second Edition, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Press MIT Press]

=External Links=
* [http://www.cs.duke.edu/~awb/ Alan W. Biermann]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=75711 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Alan Biermann]

=References=
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