Mark E. Stickel

{{short description|American computer scientist}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|06|22|mf=y}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|04|13|1947|06|22|mf=y}}

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| occupation = computer scientist

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| known_for = automated theorem proving and artificial intelligence

| notable_works = SNARK

| awards = Fellow, American Association for Artificial Intelligence,
Herbrand Award

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Mark E. Stickel (June 22, 1947 – April 13, 2013) was a computer scientist working in the fields of automated theorem proving and artificial intelligence. He worked at SRI International for over 30 years, and was principal scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Center.{{cite news|last1=Perrault|first1=Ray|last2=Waldinger|first2=Richard|title=Mark Stickel|url=http://aitopics.org/link/mark-stickel|accessdate=26 September 2014|website=AItopics|publisher=aitopics.org|date=13 April 2013}}

Stickel's research included Theory Resolution, Associative-Commutative (AC) Unification, and the development of the Prolog Technology Theorem Prover (PTTP) and SNARK, SRI's New Automated Reasoning Kit.{{cite web|last1=Stickel|first1=Mark|title=Mark E. Stickel|url=http://www.ai.sri.com/~stickel/|publisher=SRI International|accessdate=26 September 2014}}

He was elected fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence in 1992 and received the Herbrand Award for his contributions to automated deduction in 2002.{{cite web|title=The Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automated Reasoning|url=http://www.cadeinc.org/Herbrand-Award|publisher=CADE Inc.|accessdate=11 December 2016}}