Background
Rapaport, William Joseph was born on September 30, 1946 in Brooklyn. Son of Frank Henry and Harriet Floret (Flanders) Rapaport.
computer scientist cognitive scientist
Rapaport, William Joseph was born on September 30, 1946 in Brooklyn. Son of Frank Henry and Harriet Floret (Flanders) Rapaport.
Bachelor, University Rochester, 1968. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1976.
Master of Science, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1984.
Teacher mathematics, Inwood Junior High School, New York City, 1968-1969; teacher mathematics, Walden School, New York City, 1969-1971; associate instructor philosophy, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1971-1972; assistant to editor Nous, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1972-1975; associate instructor mathematics, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1975; assistant professor philosophy, State University of New York, Fredonia, 1976-1983; associate professor, State University of New York, Fredonia, 1983-1984; assistant professor computer science, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1984-1988; associate professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1988; associate director Semantic Network Processing System research group, State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1984. Adjunct Professor philosophy State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1994, director Center for Cognitive Science, 1989-1990, 96-97. Steelman visiting scientist Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1989.
Member Society for Machines and Mentality (president 1991-1993, past president 1993-1995), American Philosophical Association, American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Association for Computational Linguistics, Cognitive Science Society, others.
Married Mary Wanderlich DiPirro, May 15, 1993. 1 child, Michael Isaac.