Editing John F. Sowa (section)

== Biography ==
Sowa received a BS in mathematics from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1962, an MA in applied mathematics from [[Harvard University]] in 1966, and a PhD in [[computer science]] from the [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]] in 1999 with a dissertation titled "Knowledge Representation: Logical, Philosophical, and Computational Foundations".<ref>Andreas Tolk, Lakhmi C. Jain (2011) ''Intelligent-Based Systems Engineering''. p.xxi</ref>

Sowa spent most of his professional career at [[International Business Machines|IBM]], starting in 1962 at IBM's applied mathematics group. Over the decades he has researched and developed emerging fields of [[computer science]] from [[compiler]]s, [[programming language]]s, and [[system architecture]]<ref name="SoZa92">John F. Sowa and [[John Zachman]] (1992). [http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/313/sowa.pdf "Extending and Formalizing the Framework for Information Systems Architecture"] In: ''[[IBM Systems Journal]]'', Vol 31, no.3, 1992. p. 590-616.</ref> to artificial intelligence and [[knowledge representation]]. In the 1990s Sowa was associated with the IBM Educational Center in New York. Over the years he taught courses at the IBM Systems Research Institute, [[Binghamton University]], [[Stanford University]], the [[Linguistic Society of America]] and the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]]. He is a fellow of the [[Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence]].

After early retirement at IBM, Sowa in 2001 cofounded VivoMind Intelligence, Inc. with [[Arun K. Majumdar]]. With this company he was developing [[data-mining]] and [[database]] technology, more specifically high-level "[[ontology|ontologies]]" for [[artificial intelligence]] and automated [[natural language understanding]]. Currently Sowa is working with Kyndi Inc., also founded by Majumdar.

John Sowa is married to the [[philologist]] Cora Angier Sowa,<ref>Cora Angier Sowa (1984) ''Traditional themes and the Homeric hymns''. p.iv</ref> and they live in [[Croton-on-Hudson, New York]].