Ken Forbus
{{Short description|Computer scientist}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Ken Forbus
| discipline = Computer science
| education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)
| doctoral_advisor = Gerald Jay Sussman
| doctoral_students = Boi Faltings
| workplaces = UIUC
Northwestern University
| sub_discipline = Artificial intelligence
}}
Kenneth Dale "Ken" Forbus is an American computer scientist working as the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Education at Northwestern University.{{cite web|url=http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/fac_dir/detail.php?id=81 |title=Forbus, Ken |work=Faculty Directory |publisher=Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University |accessdate=2010-01-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606043612/http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/fac_dir/detail.php?id=81 |archivedate=2010-06-06 }}
Education
Forbus earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science, Master of Science in computer science, and PhD in artificial intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.{{cite web|url=https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/profiles/forbus-ken.html|title=Forbus, Ken|work=Faculty Web Page|publisher=Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University|accessdate=2016-06-28}}
Career
Forbus is notable for his work in qualitative process theory, automated sketch understanding, and automated analogical reasoning. He also developed the structure mapping engine based on the structure-mapping theory of Dedre Gentner. He is a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Cognitive Science Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.aaai.org/Awards/fellows-current.php|title=Current AAAI Fellows|work=aaai.org|publisher=Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence|accessdate=2010-01-24}}{{cite web|title=Fellows|url=http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/|website=Cognitive Science Society|accessdate=30 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926082227/http://www.cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/|archive-date=26 September 2018|url-status=dead}}
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