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'''David Leigh Waltz''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer and significant contributor in several areas of [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]], president of the [[AAAI]] from 1997 to 1999,
and currently director at Center for Computational Learning Systems, [[Columbia University]].
He holds a Ph.D. on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_vision computer vision] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] - his thesis originated the field of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_consistency constraint propagation] <ref>[[David Waltz]] ('''1972'''). ''[http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/41205 Generating Semantic Description from Drawings of Scenes with Shadows]''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]</ref>,
and he further originated the field of memory-based reasoning branch of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case-based_reasoning case-based reasoning] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-stanfill-9a01b910/ Craig Stanfill], [[David Waltz]] ('''1986'''). ''Toward Memory-Based Reasoning''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 29, No. 12, [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/Papers/Torward%20Memory-Based%20Reasoning-ACM%201986.pdf pdf]</ref>.
His research interests include massively parallel information retrieval, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining data mining], and [[Learning|machine learning]] applications, especially to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid electric power grid].
As director of advanced information systems at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporation Thinking Machines Corporation],
where he worked from 1984 to 1993, he was involved in the [[StarTech]] project, and along with vice president [[John Mucci]] provided the managerial backing to allow [[Mark Bromley]], [[Roger Frye]], and [[Kurt Thearling]] to work on the massive parallel chess program with important design and programming help in getting StarTech running on the [[Connection Machine|CM-5]] <ref>[[Bradley Kuszmaul]] ('''1994'''). ''Synchronized MIMD Computing''. Ph. D. Thesis, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], [http://supertech.csail.mit.edu/papers/thesis-kuszmaul.pdf pdf], pp. 146, Acknowledgements</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/w/Waltz:David_L=.html dblp: David L. Waltz]</ref>
==1972 ...==
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1972'''). ''[http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/41205 Generating Semantic Description from Drawings of Scenes with Shadows]''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1977'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1045285 Natural language interfaces]''. [[ACM#SI|SIGART Newsletter]], Vol. 61
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1978'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=359550 An English Language Query Answering System for a Large Relational Data Base]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 21, No. 7
==1980 ...==
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1983'''). ''[https://aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/405 Artificial Intelligence: An Assessment of the State-of-the-Art and Recommendations for Future Directions]''. [[AAAI#AIMAG|AI Magazine]], Vol. 4, No. 3
* [[David Waltz]], [[Mathematician#JBPollack|Jordan B. Pollack]] ('''1985'''). ''Massively Parallel Parsing: A Strongly Interactive Model of Natural Language Interpretation''. [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/journals/cogsci/cogsci9.html#WaltzP85 Cognitive Science Vol. 9], [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/Papers/Massively%20Parallel%20Parsing-Cognitive%20Science%201985.pdf pdf]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-stanfill-9a01b910/ Craig Stanfill], [[David Waltz]] ('''1986'''). ''Toward Memory-Based Reasoning''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 29, No. 12, [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/Papers/Torward%20Memory-Based%20Reasoning-ACM%201986.pdf pdf]
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1987'''). ''[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Applications-of-the-Connection-Machine-Waltz/fa669c38b100f1dd3ab7cdcc7af4673145535752 Applications of the Connection Machine]''. [[IEEE#Computer|IEEE Computer]], Vol. 20, No. 1
* [[David Waltz]], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-stanfill-9a01b910/ Craig Stanfill] ('''1988'''). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220993306_Artificial_Intelligence_Related_Research_on_the_Connection_Machine Artificial Intelligence Related Research on the Connection Machine]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/fgcs/fgcs88.html FGCS 1988]
* [[Mathematician#XZhang|Xiru Zhang]], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/McKenna:Michael Michael McKenna], [[Mathematician#JPMesirov|Jill P. Mesirov]], [[David Waltz]] ('''1989'''). ''[http://papers.neurips.cc/paper/281-an-efficient-implementation-of-the-back-propagation-algorithm-on-the-connection-machine-cm-2 An Efficient Implementation of the Back-propagation Algorithm on the Connection Machine CM-2]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/nips/nips1989.html NIPS 1989]
==1990 ...==
* [[Mathematician#XZhang|Xiru Zhang]], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/McKenna:Michael Michael McKenna], [[Mathematician#JPMesirov|Jill P. Mesirov]], [[David Waltz]] ('''1990'''). ''The backpropagation algorithm on grid and hypercube architectures''. Parallel Computing, Vol. 14, No. 3
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1990'''). ''Massively Parallel AI''. [[Conferences#AAAI-90|AAAI 1990]]
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1993'''). ''[https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0129053393000207 Massively Parallel AI]''. [https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijhsc International Journal of High Speed Computing], Vol. 5, No. 3
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1997'''). ''[https://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/1305 Artificial Intelligence: Realizing the Ultimate Promises of Computing]''. [[AAAI#AIMAG|AI Magazine]], Vol. 18, No. 3
==2000 ...==
* [[David Waltz]] ('''2006''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1155353 AI's 10 to Watch]''. [[IEEE#Expert|Intelligent Systems], Vol. 21, No. 3
* [[David Waltz]] ('''2006''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1637354 Evolution, Sociobiology, and the Future of Artificial Intelligence]''. [[IEEE#Expert|Intelligent Systems], Vol. 21, No. 3
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Waltz David Waltz from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/ David Waltz's Home Page]
* [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=61092 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - David Waltz]
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Researcher|Waltz]]
[[FILE:davidlwaltz.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/| David Waltz <ref>[http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/ David Waltz's Home Page]</ref> ]]
'''David Leigh Waltz''',<br/>
an American electrical engineer and significant contributor in several areas of [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]], president of the [[AAAI]] from 1997 to 1999,
and currently director at Center for Computational Learning Systems, [[Columbia University]].
He holds a Ph.D. on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_vision computer vision] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] - his thesis originated the field of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_consistency constraint propagation] <ref>[[David Waltz]] ('''1972'''). ''[http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/41205 Generating Semantic Description from Drawings of Scenes with Shadows]''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]</ref>,
and he further originated the field of memory-based reasoning branch of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case-based_reasoning case-based reasoning] <ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-stanfill-9a01b910/ Craig Stanfill], [[David Waltz]] ('''1986'''). ''Toward Memory-Based Reasoning''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 29, No. 12, [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/Papers/Torward%20Memory-Based%20Reasoning-ACM%201986.pdf pdf]</ref>.
His research interests include massively parallel information retrieval, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining data mining], and [[Learning|machine learning]] applications, especially to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid electric power grid].
As director of advanced information systems at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines_Corporation Thinking Machines Corporation],
where he worked from 1984 to 1993, he was involved in the [[StarTech]] project, and along with vice president [[John Mucci]] provided the managerial backing to allow [[Mark Bromley]], [[Roger Frye]], and [[Kurt Thearling]] to work on the massive parallel chess program with important design and programming help in getting StarTech running on the [[Connection Machine|CM-5]] <ref>[[Bradley Kuszmaul]] ('''1994'''). ''Synchronized MIMD Computing''. Ph. D. Thesis, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], [http://supertech.csail.mit.edu/papers/thesis-kuszmaul.pdf pdf], pp. 146, Acknowledgements</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/w/Waltz:David_L=.html dblp: David L. Waltz]</ref>
==1972 ...==
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1972'''). ''[http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/41205 Generating Semantic Description from Drawings of Scenes with Shadows]''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1977'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1045285 Natural language interfaces]''. [[ACM#SI|SIGART Newsletter]], Vol. 61
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1978'''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=359550 An English Language Query Answering System for a Large Relational Data Base]''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 21, No. 7
==1980 ...==
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1983'''). ''[https://aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/405 Artificial Intelligence: An Assessment of the State-of-the-Art and Recommendations for Future Directions]''. [[AAAI#AIMAG|AI Magazine]], Vol. 4, No. 3
* [[David Waltz]], [[Mathematician#JBPollack|Jordan B. Pollack]] ('''1985'''). ''Massively Parallel Parsing: A Strongly Interactive Model of Natural Language Interpretation''. [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/journals/cogsci/cogsci9.html#WaltzP85 Cognitive Science Vol. 9], [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/Papers/Massively%20Parallel%20Parsing-Cognitive%20Science%201985.pdf pdf]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-stanfill-9a01b910/ Craig Stanfill], [[David Waltz]] ('''1986'''). ''Toward Memory-Based Reasoning''. [[ACM#Communications|Communications of the ACM]], Vol. 29, No. 12, [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/Papers/Torward%20Memory-Based%20Reasoning-ACM%201986.pdf pdf]
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1987'''). ''[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Applications-of-the-Connection-Machine-Waltz/fa669c38b100f1dd3ab7cdcc7af4673145535752 Applications of the Connection Machine]''. [[IEEE#Computer|IEEE Computer]], Vol. 20, No. 1
* [[David Waltz]], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-stanfill-9a01b910/ Craig Stanfill] ('''1988'''). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220993306_Artificial_Intelligence_Related_Research_on_the_Connection_Machine Artificial Intelligence Related Research on the Connection Machine]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/fgcs/fgcs88.html FGCS 1988]
* [[Mathematician#XZhang|Xiru Zhang]], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/McKenna:Michael Michael McKenna], [[Mathematician#JPMesirov|Jill P. Mesirov]], [[David Waltz]] ('''1989'''). ''[http://papers.neurips.cc/paper/281-an-efficient-implementation-of-the-back-propagation-algorithm-on-the-connection-machine-cm-2 An Efficient Implementation of the Back-propagation Algorithm on the Connection Machine CM-2]''. [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/nips/nips1989.html NIPS 1989]
==1990 ...==
* [[Mathematician#XZhang|Xiru Zhang]], [https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/m/McKenna:Michael Michael McKenna], [[Mathematician#JPMesirov|Jill P. Mesirov]], [[David Waltz]] ('''1990'''). ''The backpropagation algorithm on grid and hypercube architectures''. Parallel Computing, Vol. 14, No. 3
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1990'''). ''Massively Parallel AI''. [[Conferences#AAAI-90|AAAI 1990]]
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1993'''). ''[https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0129053393000207 Massively Parallel AI]''. [https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijhsc International Journal of High Speed Computing], Vol. 5, No. 3
* [[David Waltz]] ('''1997'''). ''[https://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/1305 Artificial Intelligence: Realizing the Ultimate Promises of Computing]''. [[AAAI#AIMAG|AI Magazine]], Vol. 18, No. 3
==2000 ...==
* [[David Waltz]] ('''2006''). ''[https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1155353 AI's 10 to Watch]''. [[IEEE#Expert|Intelligent Systems], Vol. 21, No. 3
* [[David Waltz]] ('''2006''). ''[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1637354 Evolution, Sociobiology, and the Future of Artificial Intelligence]''. [[IEEE#Expert|Intelligent Systems], Vol. 21, No. 3
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Waltz David Waltz from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~waltz/ David Waltz's Home Page]
* [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=61092 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - David Waltz]
=References=
<references />
'''[[People|Up one level]]'''
[[Category:Researcher|Waltz]]
