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55
Citations
29321
World Ranking
4177
National Ranking
1970

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1990 - Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

Overview

Mark J. Stefik is affiliated with SRI International in the United States. Their research primarily resides within the field of Computer Science, with notable focus areas including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Automotive Engineering, Health Informatics, and Safety Research.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a concentration on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI), advanced neural network applications, autonomous vehicle technology and safety, artificial intelligence in healthcare and education, and ethics and social impacts of AI. These topics are represented across multiple papers spanning from 2021 to projections into 2025.

  • Explaining autonomous drones: An XAI journey, 2021, Applied AI Letters
  • Bootstrapping Developmental AIs: From Simple Competences to Intelligent Human-Compatible AIs, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Roots and Requirements for Collaborative AIs, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • What AIs are not Learning (and Why), 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • What AIs are not learning (and why), 2025, AI Magazine

Mark J. Stefik has collaborated frequently with Robert L. Price, with two joint publications. Other collaborators include G. Michael Youngblood, Peter Pirolli, Christian Lebière, and Robert Thomson.

  • Robert L. Price
  • G. Michael Youngblood
  • Peter Pirolli
  • Christian Lebière
  • Robert Thomson

The scientist's work has appeared predominantly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University) with three publications, alongside contributions to Applied AI Letters and AI Magazine.

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Applied AI Letters
  • AI Magazine

Mark J. Stefik has been recognized by their peers with fellowships awarded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1997 and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) in 1990.

Best Publications

  • XAI—Explainable artificial intelligence

    David Gunning;Mark Stefik;Jaesik Choi;Timothy Miller

  • System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works

    Mark J. Stefik;Peter L. T. Pirolli

  • System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works having attached usage rights where the usage rights are defined by a usage rights grammar

    Mark J. Stefik

  • Beyond the chalkboard: computer support for collaboration and problem solving in meetings

    Mark Stefik;Gregg Foster;Daniel G. Bobrow;Kenneth Kahn

  • Object-oriented programming: themes and variations

    M. J. Stefik;D. G. Bobrow

  • System and method for permitting use of content

    Mark J. Stefik;Peter L.T. Pirolli

  • Planning with constraints

    Mark Jeffrey Stefik

  • SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL WORK HAVING FEE REPORTING MECHANISM

    Stefik Mark J;Merkle Ralph C;Pirolli Peter L T

  • CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ACCESS TO AND USE OF COMPOUND DIGITAL WORK

    Stefik Mark J;Bobrow Daniel G;Pirolli Peter L T

  • The cost structure of sensemaking

    Daniel M. Russell;Mark J. Stefik;Peter Pirolli;Stuart K. Card

  • WYSIWIS revised: early experiences with multiuser interfaces

    M. Stefik;D. G. Bobrow;G. Foster;S. Lanning

  • Introduction to knowledge systems

    Mark Stefik

  • System and method for providing distributed on-street valet parking with the aid of a digital computer

    Mark Jeffrey Stefik;Alan G. Bell;Craig Eldershaw;Lance E. Good

  • Method for accessing digital document in transportable storage device

    Daniel G Bobrow;Stuart K Card;Michalene M Casey;Richard J Goldstein

  • System for controlling the distribution and use of rendered digital works through watermarking

    Mark J. Stefik;Glen W. Petrie;Steve A. Okamoto;Nicholas H. Briggs

  • Planning and meta-planning (MOLGEN: Part 2)

    Mark Stefik

  • CommonLoops: merging Lisp and object-oriented programming

    Daniel G. Bobrow;Kenneth Kahn;Gregor Kiczales;Larry Masinter

  • The organization of expert systems, a tutorial☆

    Mark Stefik;Jan Aikins;Robert Balzer;John Benoit

  • Expert systems: perils and promise

    D. G. Bobrow;S. Mittal;M. J. Stefik

  • Method and system for providing search based on topic

    Stuart K Card;Lichan Hong;Peter L Pirolli;Mark J Stefik

  • V. Braitenberg, Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology.

    Mark J. Stefik

  • Machine learning: An artificial intelligence approach: R.S. Michalski, J.G. Carbonell and T.M. Mitchell, (Tioga, Palo Alto, CA); 572 pages, $39.50

    Mark J. Stefik

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel H. Greene
Daniel H. Greene Palo Alto Research Center
Daniel G. Bobrow
Daniel G. Bobrow Palo Alto Research Center
Daniel M. Russell
Daniel M. Russell University of Zurich
Lichan Hong
Lichan Hong Google (United States)
Stuart K. Card
Stuart K. Card Stanford University
Jock D. Mackinlay
Jock D. Mackinlay Tableau Software (United States)
Thomas M. Breuel
Thomas M. Breuel Nvidia (United States)
Peter Pirolli
Peter Pirolli Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition
Ed H. Chi
Ed H. Chi Google (United States)
Lawrence A. Birnbaum
Lawrence A. Birnbaum Northwestern University

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