Judea Pearl
| Judea Pearl | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 (age 75–76) Tel Aviv, British Mandate for Palestine (present-day Israel) |
| Nationality | Israeli American |
| Fields | Computer Science Statistics |
| Alma mater | Technion, Israel Rutgers University, U.S. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, U.S. |
| Known for | Artificial Intelligence Causality Bayesian Networks |
Judea Pearl (born 1936) is a computer scientist and philosopher, best known for championing the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence and the development of Bayesian networks (see the article on belief propagation). He is also credited for developing a theory of causal and counterfactual inference based on structural models (see article on causality).
Judea Pearl is the father of journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered by militants in Pakistan connected with Al-Qaeda and the International Islamic Front in 2002 for his being American and Jewish.[1][2]
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[edit] Biography
Judea Pearl received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel, in 1960, a Master degree in Physics from Rutgers University, U.S., in 1965, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, U.S., in 1965. He worked at RCA Research Laboratories on superconductive parametric and storage devices and at Electronic Memories, Inc., on advanced memory systems. He then joined UCLA's Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science in 1970, where he is currently a professor of Computer Science and Statistics and director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory. He and his wife, Ruth had three children. In addition, as of 2011[update], he is a member of the International Advisory Board of NGO Monitor.[3]
[edit] Murder of Daniel Pearl
In 2002, his son, Daniel Pearl, a journalist working for the Wall Street Journal was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan, leading Judea and the other members of the family and friends to create the Daniel Pearl Foundation.[4] On the seventh anniversary of Daniel's death, Judea wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil: When will our luminaries stop making excuses for terror?.[5]
[edit] Research
Judea Pearl was one of the pioneers of Bayesian networks and the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence, and one of the first to mathematize causal modeling in the empirical sciences. His work is also intended as a high-level cognitive model. He is interested in the philosophy of science, knowledge representation, nonstandard logics, and learning. Pearl is described as "one of the giants in the field of artificial intelligence” by UCLA computer science professor Richard Korf.[6] His work on causality has "revolutionized the understanding of causality in statistics, psychology, medicine and the social sciences" according to the Association for Computing Machinery.[7]
[edit] Books
- Heuristics, Addison-Wesley, 1984
- Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems, Morgan-Kaufmann, 1988
- Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference, Cambridge University Press, 2000
- I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl, Jewish Lights, 2004.
[edit] Scientific papers
[edit] Lectures
- "The Algorithmization of Counterfactuals" video of the Rumelhart Lecture given July 21, 2011.
- "On Causes and Counterfactuals" video of a lecture given at a tribute sympoium, March 12, 2010
- Honorary Doctorate of Science degree received from the University of Toronto - commencement speech given June 21, 2007
- "The Art and Science of Cause and Effect": a slideshow and tutorial lecture by Judea Pearl
- Reasoning with Cause and Effect
[edit] Awards
- 2012--Harvey Prize (For "foundational work that has touched a multitude of spheres of modern life")
- 2011--IEEE Intelligent Systems' AI's Hall of Fame[8][9]
- 2011--David E. Rumelhart Prize (For Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition)
- 2011--Rumelhart Prize Symposium in honor of Judea Pearl
- 2010--Festschrift and symposium in honor of Judea Pearl
- 2008--Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computers and Cognitive Science
- 2007--University of Toronto, Honorary Doctorate
- 2006--Purpose Prize
- 2004--2003 ACM Allen Newell Award
- 2003--Pekeris Memorial Lecture
- 2002—Corresponding Member, Spanish Academy of Engineering
- 2001--Lakatos Award, London School of Economics and Political Science
- 2000--AAAI Classic Paper Award
- 1999--IJCAI Award for Research Excellence in Artificial Intelligence
- 1996--UCLA 81st Faculty Research Lecturer
- 1995—Member, National Academy of Engineering
- 1990—Fellow, American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
- 1988—Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
- 1975—NATO Senior Fellowship in Science
- 1965—RCA Laboratories Achievement Award
[edit] References
- ^ Fonda, Daren (September 27, 2003). "On the Trail of Daniel Pearl". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,490640,00.html. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ Escobar, Pepe (June 28, 2003). "Who killed Daniel Pearl?". Book Review. Asia Times Online. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EF28Df02.html. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "International Advisory Board Profiles". NGO Monitor. 2011. http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article.php?viewall=yes&id=2028. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "Biography of Dr. Judea Pearl". Daniel Pearl Foundation. 2011. http://www.danielpearl.org/about_us/Judea_Pearl.html. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ Pearl, Judea (February 3, 2009). "Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil". The Wall Street Journal: p. A15. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123362422088941893.html. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ Amundson, Marlys (Fall 2004). "A Profile of Judea Pearl – Computer Science Pioneer,Visionary" (PDF). UCLA Engineer (UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science) (12): 16–17. http://ftp.cs.ucla.edu/pub/stat_ser/pearl-engineer-fall04.pdf. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "ACM HONORS INNOVATORS WHO CHANGED THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD". New York: Association for Computing Machinery. April 27, 2004. http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/Newell_2003.htm. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ^ "AI's Hall of Fame". IEEE Intelligent Systems (IEEE Computer Society) 26 (4): 5–15. 2011. doi:10.1109/MIS.2011.64. http://www.computer.org/cms/Computer.org/ComputingNow/homepage/2011/0811/rW_IS_AIsHallofFame.pdf.
- ^ "IEEE Computer Society Magazine Honors Artificial Intelligence Leaders". DigitalJournal.com. August 24, 2011. http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/399442. Retrieved September 18, 2011. Press release source: PRWeb (Vocus).
[edit] External links
- Judea Pearl's personal website
- Daniel Pearl Foundation Website
- Interview with Judea Pearl from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Interview with Judea Pearl on Robots and Free Will
- Judea Pearl at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- Judea Pearl at the AI Genealogy Project.
- 1936 births
- Living people
- Artificial intelligence researchers
- Jewish American scientists
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- Fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- University of California, Los Angeles faculty
- Israeli computer scientists
- Israeli philosophers
- Rutgers University alumni
