AAAI

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the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence is a nonprofit scientific society devoted to advancing the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines. AAAI was founded in 1979 under the name American Association for Artificial Intelligence and changed its name in 2007 [2] .

Presidents

Since 1985, Presidents have served a two-year term, preceded by two years as President-Elect, and followed by two years as Past President. Prior to that time, presidents served one year in each position [3] .

President	term
Allen Newell	1979-1980
Edward Feigenbaum	1980-1981
Marvin Minsky	1981-1982
Nils J. Nilsson	1982-1983
John McCarthy	1983-1984
Woodrow W. Bledsoe	1984-1985
Patrick Winston	1985-1987
Raj Reddy	1987-1989
Daniel Bobrow	1989-1991
Patrick Hayes	1991-1993
Barbara Grosz	1993-1995
Randall Davis	1995-1997
David Waltz	1997-1999
Bruce Buchanan	1999-2001
Tom Mitchell	2001-2003
Ron Brachman	2003-2005
Alan Mackworth	2005-2007
Eric Horvitz	2007-2009
Martha E. Pollack	2009-2010
Henry A. Kautz	2010-2012
Manuela M. Veloso	2012-2014
Thomas G. Dietterich	2014-2016
Subbarao Kambhampati	2017