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I am not sure I am doing this the right way. If not, please feel free to correct/advise me.

I would like to propose that a Wikipedia page should be created for Max Clowes (Maxwell B Clowes), one of the influential pioneers of vision research in Artificial Intelligence, who was, among other things, the founder of AISB. See [].

Max introduced me to AI around 1969, and influenced several other well-known researchers, but unfortunately died of a heart attack in 1981. I wrote an (invited) obituary notice soon after his death and have made it available online, at http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/sloman-clowestribute.html Since 2014 I have added a considerable amount of material in the form of an appendix to the notice here http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/research/projects/cogaff/sloman-clowestribute.html#bio

There is also information about him in Margaret Boden's Two Volume history of cognitive science: Mind as Machine (2006) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/mind-as-machine-9780199241446?cc=gb&lang=en& The index entries are "Clowes, M. B. (also Father Hacker) 364, 739, 781, 785, 787, 870, 1102"

At one point one of the people who sent me information about him suggested that I should create a Wikipedia page for him, but I think I am too close to him, and all the other people I know who might have done it are too busy. It may be too late now, but I thought I could plant a seed here that might perhaps grow later.

A great deal of the required information (with evidence) is in the tribute referenced above, especially in the appendix. [|Margaret Boden]Margaret Boden's book adds further information.

If anyone does take this on I would be willing to review it, and I think several others who knew and were influenced by Max might also be willing to check a draft. If required I could provide names of well known researchers who knew him, though, like me, they may be too over-committed.

My main fear is that it may soon be too late. I apologize if I have misunderstood the procedures for making such a recommendation

Aaron Sloman www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~axs (talk) 16:29, 28 August 2018 (UTC)