to the untrained rats. Rosenblatt spent his last several years on this problem and showed convincingly that the initial reports of larger effects were wrong and that any memory transfer was at most very small. Other interests Astronomy Rosenblatt also had a serious research interest in astronomy and proposed a new technique to detect the presence of stellar satellites. He built an observatory on a hilltop behind his house in Brooktondale about 6 miles east of Ithaca. When construction on the observatory was completed, Rosenblatt began an intensive study on SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Politics Rosenblatt was very active in liberal politics. He worked in the Eugene McCarthy primary campaigns for president in New Hampshire and California in 1968 and in a series of Vietnam protest activities in Washington. IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity, named its annual award in honor of Frank Rosenblatt. See also Artificial neural network History of artificial intelligence AI Winter Perceptrons References 1928 births 1971 deaths Scientists from New Rochelle, New York 20th-century American psychologists Cornell University alumni The Bronx High School of Science alumni Artificial intelligence researchers Boating accident deaths Cornell University faculty Jewish American scientists