Drew Vincent McDermott | |
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| Born | December 27, 1949 |
| Died | May 26, 2022 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | MIT (BS, MS, PhD) |
| Known for | PDDL |
| Awards | AAAI Fellow |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Artificial Intelligence Computer Science |
| Thesis | Flexibility and Efficiency in a Computer Program for Designing Circuits (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gerald Jay Sussman |
| Doctoral students | Yoav Shoham Thomas Dean |
| Website | www |
Drew McDermott (December 27, 1949 – May 26, 2022[1]) was a professor of Computer Science at Yale University.[2] He was known for his contributions in artificial intelligence and automated planning.