John Henry Holland was born in 1929 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He received his bachelor's degree from MIT in 1950 and his PhD from the University of Michigan in 1954, which was arguably the first PhD in computer science. He is a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan and pioneered the fields of genetic algorithms, complex adaptive systems, and nonlinear science. Some of his influential books include Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems and Emergence: From Chaos to Order.

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2. Outline
3. FACULTY PROFILE — • Contribute to computer history
JOHN HOLLAND 8. His Work
• Biography 9. He Wright books too…
4.Where is he from? 10. Some Articles, a selection
5.Where did he go to school? 11. At the University of Michigan
6. What did he study? 12. CAS
7. What did he achieve? 13.My thoughts
14. Photo
15 Bibliography

3. FACULTY PROFILE — JOHN HENRY HOLLAND
Professor of Psychology and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
• Ph.D. University of Michigan
Area: Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Contact Information
• Email: jholland@umich.edu
Psychology Office: 1271 East Hall
Psychology Phone: 734-763-3648
• Research and Teaching Interests
• Study of cognitive processes and complex adaptive systems in general,
using mathematical models and computer simulation.

4. Biography Where is he from?
• John Henry Holland, (born February 2, 1929, Fort Wayne, Indiana,
U.S.) and raised in western Ohio.
• The he move to Massachusett and then Michigan

5. Biography Where did he go to school?
• He study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then entered
the graduate school in communication science at the University of
Michigan in Ann Arbor
• Professor Holland was made a MacArthur fellow in 1992 and is a
fellow of the World Economic Forum. He serves on the Advisory Board
on Complexity at the McDonnell Foundation.

6. Biography What did he study?
• John Henry Holland study science and Psychology to be Professor
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of
Michigan. He is a pioneer in complex system and nonlinear science. He
is known as the father of genetic algorithms.

7. Biography What did he achieve?
• In 1950 Holland received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• he University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he received his
doctorate in 1954—arguably the first Ph.D. in computer science.

8. His Work
• Holland frequently lectures around the world on his own research, and
on current research and open questions in complex adaptive systems
(CAS) studies. In 1975 he wrote the ground-breaking book on genetic
algorithms, "Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems". He also
developed Holland's schema theorem.

9. The wright books too
• .Holland is the author of a number of books about CAS, including:
– Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems (1975)
– Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity (1995)
– Emergence: From Chaos to Order (1998)

10. Some Articles, a selection
– "A universal computer capable of executing an arbitrary number
of subprograms simultaneously", in: Proc. Eastern Joint Comp.
Conf. (1959), pp. 108–112
– "Iterative circuit computers", in: Proc. Western Joint Comp.
Conf. (1960), pp. 259–265
– Concerning the Emergence of Tag-Mediated Lookahead in
Classifier Systems", in: Stephanie Forrest, editor. Emergent
Computation: self-organizing, collective, and cooperative
phenomena in natural and computing networks (1990). MIT Press
• And many more…

11. At the University of Michigan
• John H. Holland is professor of computer science and engineering and
professor of psychology at the University of Michigan USA; he is also
external professor and member of the executive committee of the
board of trustees at the Santa Fe Institute

12. CAS
• Professor Holland has been interested
for more than 40 years in what are
now called complex adaptive systems
(CAS). He formulated genetic
algorithms, classifier systems, and the
Echo models as tools for studying the
dynamics of such systems. His books
Hidden Order (1995) and Emergence
(1998) summarize many of his
thoughts about complex adaptive
systems.

13. My Thoughts
• John Henry Holland was a name I remember
hearing , but i have never thought he was a famous
Computer Scientist, His work seem really
interesting although i have never heard of them
before. I think that what he accomplish in science is
really useful and perhaps i will use it when i grow
older in higher grades at school. I might read one of
his books to learn more about all the amount of
information in the science of the Computers.

15. Bibliographis
• "Faculty Profile †” John Holland : University of Michigan
PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT." Faculty Profile †” John Holland :
University of Michigan PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Oct.
2012.
<http://www.lsa.umich.edu/psych/people/directory/profiles/faculty/?uniquena
me=jholland>.
• Dennis, Michael Aaron. "John Henry Holland (American
Mathematician)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica,
n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2012.
<http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/745552/John-Henry-Holland >.