Background
Moses, Joel was born on November 25, 1941 in Petach Tikvah, Israel. Son of Bernhard and Golda (Losner) Moses. came to the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1960.
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Moses, Joel was born on November 25, 1941 in Petach Tikvah, Israel. Son of Bernhard and Golda (Losner) Moses. came to the United States, 1954, naturalized, 1960.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1962; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967.
He received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Columbia University and a master"s degree in Mathematics, also from Columbia. Under the supervision of Marvin Minsky, Moses received his doctorate in Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967 with a thesis entitled Symbolic Integration. This laid the groundwork for the Macsyma symbolic mathematics program that was created at Massachusetts Institute of Technology largely under his supervision between 1969 and 1983.
Macsyma was able to solve problems such as simplification, polynomial factorization, indefinite integration, solution of differential equations, and other higher-order mathematical questions.
Moses served in administrative posts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1974 and 1998, to wit, Associate Director of the Laboratory for Computer Science. Head of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.
Dean of Engineering. And Provost. He also served as Acting Director of the Engineering Systems Division at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2006 to 2007 and Acting Director of the Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development from 2007 to 2010.
His memoirs are to be found in An interview of him on the occasion of Massachusetts Institute of Technology"s 150th anniversary is to be found in He appears in an independent documentary film called Plug & Pray, where he talks about the impact of ELIZA, a famous computer program published by Joseph Weizenbaum in 1966.
He is life fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Moses holds the rank of Institute Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a rank currently held by only 13 other professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Member corporation Woods Hole Oceanog. Institution; Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy of Engineering, Association for Computing Machinery, American Society Engineering Education (Centennial Certified).
Married Margaret A. Garvey, December 27, 1970. Children: Jesse, David.