Scott Fahlman

Scott Elliot Fahlman (born on March 21st, 1948, with Medina, Ohio, the USA) is a researcher in data processing, with the American University Carnegie Mellon. He is known for his various work in data processing and several algorithms. More recently, Fahlman took part in the creation of a base of knowledge, Scone, based on its work concerning the " networks sémantiques".

Moreover, he is regarded as the inventor of the " Smiley s" , used in the written emails (E-mail S or SMS). During a discussion with colleagues on a forum at the university Carnegie Mellon, he had proposed to use them to separate the serious messages from the jokes. For that, he proposed the symbols: -) and: - (, and the latter were quickly adopted.

The first message using these symbols was posted by Fahlman on September 19th, 1982:

Fahlman obtained its License and its Master in 1973 with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but also its Ph.D. in 1977. Its directing of Thèse was Drs Gerald Sussman and Marvin Minsky. He is member of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence .

Fahlman was to advise of thesis of Donald Cohen, David McDonald, David S. Touretzky, Skef Wholey and Justin Boyan.

From May 1996 at July 2000, Fahlman diriga the Justsystem Pittsburgh Research Center .

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