Fikes (Richard Earl) Papers, 1965-2004
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Richard Earl Fikes papers
- Dates:
- 1965-2004
- Creators:
- Fikes, Richard E. and Fikes, Richard E.
- Extent:
- 20 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Richard E. Fikes Papers (SC0881). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Papers include project files from his graduate studies; and computer program lists, computer printouts, reports, project files, and some correspondence from his time at SRI International, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Price Waterhouse Technology Centre, and Stanford. The Stanford portion also includes lecture transparencies, class files, and administrative records. The collection also includes a few photographs and audio cassettes. In addition there is a computer disk of digital files of email and other documents (Box 35), 1991-2007.
- Biographical / historical:
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Richard Earl Fikes is Professor (Research) Emeritus in the Computer Science department of Stanford University.
Richard has a long and distinguished record as an innovative leader in the development of techniques for effectively representing and using knowledge in computer systems. He is best known as co-developer of the STRIPS (Stanford Research Institute Problem Solver) automatic planning system, KIF (Knowledge Interchange Format), the Ontolingua ontology representation language and Web-based ontology development environment, the OKBC (Open Knowledge Base Connectivity) API for knowledge servers, and IntelliCorp's KEE (Knowledge Engineering Environment) system.
At Stanford, he leaded projects focused on developing large-scale distributed repositories of computer-interpretable knowledge, collaborative development of multi-use ontologies, enabling technology for the Semantic Web, reasoning methods applicable to large-scale knowledge bases, and knowledge-based technology for intelligence analysts.
He was principal investigator of major projects for DARPA in the High Performance Knowledge Base (HPKB) program, the Rapid Knowledge Formation (RKF) program, the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Agent Markup Language (DAML) program, the UltraLog program, and the Rapid Design Exploration and Optimization (RaDEO) program.
Richard was born on October 4, 1942 in San Antontio, Texas. He received his B.A. in Mathematics with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1963, his M.A. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1965, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968.
Richard was a Research Associate in the Computer Science Department at the Carnegie-Mellon University from 1968 to 1969. He worked as a Senior Mathematician in SRI (Stanford Research Institute) from 1969-1976. He was a member of Research Staff in Xerox Palo Alto Research Center from 1976 to 1983. He joined IntelliCorp Inc. in 1986 as the Director of Research and Development in 1983 and was the Vice President of Research when he left the company in 1987. He started in Price Waterhouse Technology Center in 1987 as a Principal Scientist and was the Chief Scientist in 1991 when he left the company. He served as the Associate Director, Heuristic Programming Project, Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Stanford University in 1991. He was a Professor (Research), Computer Science Department from 1991 to 2006.
Richard was elected a Founding Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) in 1990. He also chaired, co-chaired, organized, or served on the program committee of numerous professional gatherings such as AAAI86 and IJCAI89.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Richard E. Fikes, 2007
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-24 08:58:09 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Access to the computer files are restricted to the Special Collections Reading Room. In order to access this content, please contact specialcollections@stanford.edu.
Materials in Sub-Series: Stanford University's box 36 are restricted for 75 years after date of creation and may be made available in 2076.
Otherwise, materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] Richard E. Fikes Papers (SC0881). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022