Given the question: Facts: - doctoral students: w. jr. . daniel hillis kenneth d. forbus guy l. steele - known for: artificial intelligence - caption: gerry sicp lectures sussman appearing in a video recording of the - work institutions: mit - field: cognitive science , electrical engineering , computer science - doctoral advisor: marvin minsky seymour papert - awards: ijcai -lrb- 1990 -rrb- computers and thought award -lrb- 1981 -rrb- acm - birth date: 8 february 1947 - name: gerald jay sussman - image size: 197px - image: jerry sussman.jpg - birth place: united states - alma mater: mit Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gerald jay sussman .
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gerald jay sussman -lrb- february 8 , 1947 -rrb- is the panasonic professor of electrical engineering at the massachusetts institute of technology -lrb- mit -rrb- .he received his s.b. and ph.d. degrees in mathematics from mit in 1968 and 1973 respectively .he has been involved in artificial intelligence research at mit since 1964 .his research has centered on understanding the problem-solving strategies used by scientists and engineers , with the goals of automating parts of the process and formalizing it to provide more effective methods of science and engineering education .sussman has also worked in computer languages , in computer architecture and in vlsi design .