Noam Chomsky

Noam
Chomsky
Year
1999
Subject
Computer and Cognitive Science
Award
Benjamin Franklin Medal
Affiliation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, Massachusetts
Citation
For his contributions to the world of linguistics and their effects on computer science, and insight into human thought processes.

Noam Chomsky, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, developed a system of linguistic analysis that is the basis for computer languages. His work has also provided insight into the processes of human thought.

​Information as of 1999