Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Gerald Jay Sussman

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an engineer Gerald Jay Sussman.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Gerald Jay Sussman is the Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 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 (AI) 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 Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) design.

Engineer | Born: February 8, 1947

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The reason why people think of programming as being hard is because you're writing down a general rule which is going to be used for lots of instances that a particular instance must process correctly.

Gerald Jay Sussman

In engineering, as in other creative arts, we must learn to do analysis to support our efforts in synthesis. One cannot build a beautiful and functional bridge without a knowledge of steel and dirt, and a considerable mathematical technique for using this knowledge to compute the properties of structures. Similarly, one cannot build a beautiful computer system without a deep understanding of how to "previsualize" the process generated by the code one writes.

Gerald Jay Sussman

The key to understanding complicated things is knowing what not to look at.

Gerald Jay Sussman

Nothing brings fear to my heart more than a floating point number.

Gerald Jay Sussman

Being smart in the arts is the same as being smart in engineering is the same as being smart in writing is the same as being smart in anything, really. It's the ability to manipulate all the pieces of the puzzle in your mind, try to fit them together, and when they don't fit quite right... you sand the edges/corners and make them all fit.

Gerald Jay Sussman

A recursive definition does not necessarily lead to a recursive process.

Gerald Jay Sussman

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Gerald Jay Sussman

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