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'''Larry R. Harris''',<br/>
an American computer scientist and retired commercial [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] entrepreneur. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science in 1972 from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University Cornell University].
=Computer Chess=
During the 70s, as professor of computer science at [[Dartmouth College]], Larry Harris researched and published on heuristic [[Best-First|best-first]] [[Search|search]] and introduced the [[Bandwidth Search]] <ref>[[Larry Harris]] ('''1973'''). ''The bandwidth heuristic search''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1973|3. IJCAI 1973]], [http://www.ijcai.org/Past%20Proceedings/IJCAI-73/PDF/004.pdf pdf]</ref>. He lead the team developing [[Dartmouth CP]] and [[Dart]] <ref>[[Danny Kopec]] ('''1977'''). ''Recent developments in computer chess''. Firbush News 7 Edinburgh: Machine Intelligence Research Unit, [[University of Edinburgh]] (ed. [[Donald Michie]]), [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_45_C.pdf pdf]</ref>, competing at the [[ACM 1973]] and [[ACM 1974]] respectively.
=AI Entrepreneur=
Larry Harris further research interests were related to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-language_processing natural language query systems], and he founded ''Artificial Intelligence Corporation'', later renamed ''AICorp'', which went public in 1990. In 1994 he founded the ''EasyAsk'' <ref>[https://www.easyask.com/ EasyAsk - Natural Language Processing for your eCommerce Site Search]</ref> Linguistic Technology Corporation, and developed its ''EasyAsk'' and ''English Wizard'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce E-commerce] products.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/h/Harris:Larry_R=.html dblp: Larry R. Harris]</ref>
* [[Larry Harris]] ('''1973'''). ''The bandwidth heuristic search''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1973|3. IJCAI 1973]], [http://www.ijcai.org/Past%20Proceedings/IJCAI-73/PDF/004.pdf pdf]
* [[Larry Harris]] ('''1974'''). ''Heuristic Search under Conditions of Error''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(journal) Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 5, No. 3, also as ('''1977'''). ''The heuristic search: An alternative to the alpha-beta minimax procedure.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]]
* [[Larry Harris]] ('''1975'''). ''The Heuristic Search And The Game Of Chess - A Study Of Quiescence, Sacrifices, And Plan Oriented Play''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1975|4. IJCAI 1975]], reprinted ('''1988''') in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]
* [[Larry Harris]] ('''1977'''). ''The heuristic search: An alternative to the alpha-beta minimax procedure.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-harris-2655915/ Larry Harris | LinkedIn]
* Dr. Larry Harris of Progress EasyAsk speaks with Shop.org TV, 2007, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig4C6rlghBg|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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'''Larry R. Harris''',<br/>
an American computer scientist and retired commercial [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]] entrepreneur. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science in 1972 from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University Cornell University].
=Computer Chess=
During the 70s, as professor of computer science at [[Dartmouth College]], Larry Harris researched and published on heuristic [[Best-First|best-first]] [[Search|search]] and introduced the [[Bandwidth Search]] <ref>[[Larry Harris]] ('''1973'''). ''The bandwidth heuristic search''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1973|3. IJCAI 1973]], [http://www.ijcai.org/Past%20Proceedings/IJCAI-73/PDF/004.pdf pdf]</ref>. He lead the team developing [[Dartmouth CP]] and [[Dart]] <ref>[[Danny Kopec]] ('''1977'''). ''Recent developments in computer chess''. Firbush News 7 Edinburgh: Machine Intelligence Research Unit, [[University of Edinburgh]] (ed. [[Donald Michie]]), [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_45_C.pdf pdf]</ref>, competing at the [[ACM 1973]] and [[ACM 1974]] respectively.
=AI Entrepreneur=
Larry Harris further research interests were related to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-language_processing natural language query systems], and he founded ''Artificial Intelligence Corporation'', later renamed ''AICorp'', which went public in 1990. In 1994 he founded the ''EasyAsk'' <ref>[https://www.easyask.com/ EasyAsk - Natural Language Processing for your eCommerce Site Search]</ref> Linguistic Technology Corporation, and developed its ''EasyAsk'' and ''English Wizard'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce E-commerce] products.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/h/Harris:Larry_R=.html dblp: Larry R. Harris]</ref>
* [[Larry Harris]] ('''1973'''). ''The bandwidth heuristic search''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1973|3. IJCAI 1973]], [http://www.ijcai.org/Past%20Proceedings/IJCAI-73/PDF/004.pdf pdf]
* [[Larry Harris]] ('''1974'''). ''Heuristic Search under Conditions of Error''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(journal) Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 5, No. 3, also as ('''1977'''). ''The heuristic search: An alternative to the alpha-beta minimax procedure.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]]
* [[Larry Harris]] ('''1975'''). ''The Heuristic Search And The Game Of Chess - A Study Of Quiescence, Sacrifices, And Plan Oriented Play''. [[Conferences#IJCAI1975|4. IJCAI 1975]], reprinted ('''1988''') in [[Computer Chess Compendium]]
* [[Larry Harris]] ('''1977'''). ''The heuristic search: An alternative to the alpha-beta minimax procedure.'' [[Chess Skill in Man and Machine]]
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-harris-2655915/ Larry Harris | LinkedIn]
* Dr. Larry Harris of Progress EasyAsk speaks with Shop.org TV, 2007, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig4C6rlghBg|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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