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Danny Hillis - Wikipedia

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William Daniel Hillis (born September 25, 1956) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of Research and Disney Fellow at Walt Disney Imagineering. Hillis was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for advances in parallel computers, parallel software, and parallel storage. More recently, Hillis co-founded Applied Minds,[2] and Applied Invention, an interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, and artists.[3] Born September 25, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland, Danny Hillis spent much of his childhood living overseas, in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and received his bachelor of science in mathematics in 1978. As an undergraduate, he worked at the MIT Logo Laboratory under the tutelage of Seymou

Danny Hillis - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American computer scientist Daniel Hillis Hillis in 2014 Born William Daniel Hillis ( 1956-09-25 ) September 25, 1956 (age 69) Baltimore , Maryland , U.S. Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( BS , PhD ) Spouse Taylor Milsal   ​ ( m.  2019) ​ [ 1 ] Awards Dan David Prize (2002) Grace Murray Hopper Award (1989) Scientific career Fields Computer Science Computer Engineering Institutions Thinking Machines Walt Disney Imagineering Applied Invention Thesis The Connect

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