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[[FILE:CliffShaw.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/November/7/|Cliff Shaw <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/November/7/ November 7, 1960 - RAND's JOSS Operating System Begins] from [http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/ This Day in History] of [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ]]
'''John Clifford (Cliff ) Shaw''', (1922–1991) <ref>[http://sirismm.si.edu/archivcenter/findingaids/AC0580.pdf John Clifford Shaw Papers, Collection Date(s) 1933-1993] (pdf)</ref> <br/>
was an American mathematician and pioneer in computer programming languages, [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]], and the development of on-line, interactive, time-sharing computers. He worked for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation RAND Corporation], 1950-1971, where he completed his most significant work.
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In the 1950s, he collaborated with the [[Carnegie Mellon University]] researchers [[Herbert Simon]] and [[Allen Newell]] on developing computer programs that attempted to simulate human decision-making. Shaw wrote the programming language known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Processing_Language Information Processing Language] (IPL) for the Chess program [[NSS]] (and other programs) for a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOHNNIAC Johnniac computer].
=Selected Publications=
* [[Allen Newell]], [[Cliff Shaw]], [[Herbert Simon]] ('''1958'''). ''Chess Playing Programs and the Problem of Complexity''. IBM Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 320-335. Reprinted (1963) in [http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=6685 Computers and Thought] (eds. [[Edward Feigenbaum]] and [[Mathematician#JulianFeldman|Julian Feldman]]), pp. 39-70. McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y. [http://aitopics.org/sites/default/files/classic/Feigenbaum_Feldman/C&T-Newll-Shaw-Simon.pdf pdf]
* [[Allen Newell]], [[Cliff Shaw]], [[Herbert Simon]] ('''1959'''). ''Report on a general problem-solving program''. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Processing, pp. 256-264 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Problem_Solver General Problem Solver from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Shaw Cliff Shaw from Wikipedia]
* [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001%7E%21168285%210 John Clifford Shaw's Papers]
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/search.php?more=&submitted=1&keywords=Shaw&x=22&y=12&all=all&item_document=item_document&item_moving_image=item_moving_image&item_artifact=item_artifact&item_still_image=item_still_image&item_oral_history=item_oral_history&item_software=item_software Cliff Shaw] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
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[[FILE:CliffShaw.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/November/7/|Cliff Shaw <ref>[http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/November/7/ November 7, 1960 - RAND's JOSS Operating System Begins] from [http://www.computerhistory.org/tdih/ This Day in History] of [[The Computer History Museum]]</ref> ]]
'''John Clifford (Cliff ) Shaw''', (1922–1991) <ref>[http://sirismm.si.edu/archivcenter/findingaids/AC0580.pdf John Clifford Shaw Papers, Collection Date(s) 1933-1993] (pdf)</ref> <br/>
was an American mathematician and pioneer in computer programming languages, [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]], and the development of on-line, interactive, time-sharing computers. He worked for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAND_Corporation RAND Corporation], 1950-1971, where he completed his most significant work.
=NSS=
In the 1950s, he collaborated with the [[Carnegie Mellon University]] researchers [[Herbert Simon]] and [[Allen Newell]] on developing computer programs that attempted to simulate human decision-making. Shaw wrote the programming language known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Processing_Language Information Processing Language] (IPL) for the Chess program [[NSS]] (and other programs) for a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOHNNIAC Johnniac computer].
=Selected Publications=
* [[Allen Newell]], [[Cliff Shaw]], [[Herbert Simon]] ('''1958'''). ''Chess Playing Programs and the Problem of Complexity''. IBM Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 320-335. Reprinted (1963) in [http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=6685 Computers and Thought] (eds. [[Edward Feigenbaum]] and [[Mathematician#JulianFeldman|Julian Feldman]]), pp. 39-70. McGraw-Hill, New York, N.Y. [http://aitopics.org/sites/default/files/classic/Feigenbaum_Feldman/C&T-Newll-Shaw-Simon.pdf pdf]
* [[Allen Newell]], [[Cliff Shaw]], [[Herbert Simon]] ('''1959'''). ''Report on a general problem-solving program''. Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Processing, pp. 256-264 <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Problem_Solver General Problem Solver from Wikipedia]</ref>
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Shaw Cliff Shaw from Wikipedia]
* [http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001%7E%21168285%210 John Clifford Shaw's Papers]
* [http://www.computerhistory.org/chess/search.php?more=&submitted=1&keywords=Shaw&x=22&y=12&all=all&item_document=item_document&item_moving_image=item_moving_image&item_artifact=item_artifact&item_still_image=item_still_image&item_oral_history=item_oral_history&item_software=item_software Cliff Shaw] from [[The Computer History Museum]]
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