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Noah D. Goodman is a leading researcher at the intersection of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and computational linguistics. His work is foundational to understanding how large-scale AI models function and how they can be made more interpretable, robust, and aligned with human reasoning. Goodman is perhaps best known for his co-authorship of the landmark paper "On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models" (2021, over 2,100 citations), which introduced the term "foundation model" to describe models like BERT, DALL-E, and GPT-3. This work has shaped the global conversation on the capabilities, limitations, and societal implications of large-scale AI systems. Beyond this, Goodman has made significant contributions to computational models of human cognition, including a pioneering computational model of humor in puns (2013), which uses incongruity theory to explain what makes something funny. More recently, his work on Parsel (2022) advances algorithmic reasoning in language models by enabling them to decompose complex tasks into manageable sub-problems. Goodman’s research bridges AI and cognitive science, offering deep insights into both machine and human intelligence.