Roger Schank

Roger Schank
Born(1946-03-12)March 12, 1946
New York City, U.S.
DiedJanuary 29, 2023(2023-01-29) (aged 76)
Shelburne, Vermont, U.S.
Alma mater
Spouses
  • Diane Levine
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    (div. 1998)​
  • Annie Payeur (m. c. 1999)
Children2
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisA Conceptual Dependency Representation for a Computer-Oriented Semantics (1969)
Doctoral advisorJacob L. Mey
Doctoral students
Websiterogerschank.com

Roger Carl Schank (March 12, 1946 – January 29, 2023) was an American artificial intelligence theorist, cognitive psychologist, learning scientist, educational reformer, and entrepreneur. Beginning in the late 1960s, he pioneered conceptual dependency theory (within the context of natural language understanding) and case-based reasoning, both of which challenged cognitivist views of memory and reasoning. He began his career teaching at Yale University and Stanford University. In 1989, Schank was granted $30 million in a ten-year commitment to his research and development by Andersen Consulting, through which he founded the Institute for the Learning Sciences (ILS) at Northwestern University in Chicago.

  1. ^ a b Roger Schank at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Hunter, Lawrence E. (1989). Knowledge acquisition planning: Gaining expertise through experience (PhD thesis). Yale University. hdl:10079/bibid/9838922. OCLC 24116492. ProQuest 303852846.