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Jack Minker — A profile

  • Jorge Lobo
  • Arcot Rajasekar
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Abstract

This introduction provides a brief synopsis of Jack Minker's career. It discusses his contributions as a teacher, a researcher, as one who has served the computer science and logic programming communities, as an individual deeply committed to human rights, and as a person.

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Neural Network Artificial Intelligence Complex System Computer Science Nonlinear Dynamics 
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