Marvin Minsky known ad “father of artificial intelligence,” died at 88.

Launched in early 2016, the Journal of Design and Science (JoDS) captures the antidisciplinary ethos of the MIT Media Lab. Like the Lab, it opens new connections between science and design, encouraging discourse that breaks down the barriers between traditional academic disciplines. It explores not only the design of science, but also the science of design. The first issue of JoDS is dedicated to Marvin Minsky, who was professor and co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab. Marvin Minsky died at 88 on Sunday, January 24, 2016.

On preface of the JoDS, Danny Hillis has written these words:

''This first issue of the Journal of Design and Science is dedicated to Marvin Minsky, not just to honor him, but to acknowledge our debt to him. He reframed the way we approach science and design. Marvin had a way of connecting with everyone, whether a child or an Institute Professor, a rock star, or a cook, in way that made us all feel smarter. To those of us who were lucky enough to be his students or colleagues (he made little distinction between the two) Marvin was like Jedi Master Yoda, an impish sage with an inner sense of truth. He challenged our foolish ideas without making us feel like fools. He pushed us across disciplinary boundaries, out of the comfort zones of academic study, into the realm of new ideas. Marvin had both an extraordinary imagination and an extraordinary intellectual generosity. He invited those around him to see the world in an unconventional way. Marvin delighted us, inspired us, and stretched us. He taught us to think.''

In this issue; Joi Ito-Design and Science, Neri Oxman-Age of Entanglement, Kevin Slavin-Design as Participation, Danny Hillis- The Enlightenment is Dead, Long Live the Entanglement, are the contributions taking place in the Journal of Design and Science.

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