b. 1952
Henry Lieberman is an American computer scientist and research scientist at the MIT Media Lab, known for his work on artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, and programming by example. His research has explored commonsense reasoning, end-user programming, and the application of AI to everyday tasks.
Pioneered research on programming by example and programming by demonstration
Led the Software Agents Group at MIT Media Lab
Contributed to commonsense reasoning research via the Open Mind Common Sense project
Authored influential work on end-user software engineering
Edited 'Your Wish is My Command: Programming by Example' (2001)