Judea Pearl
American computer scientist (born 1936)
Biography
Judea Pearl (Hebrew: יהודה פרל; born September 4, 1936) is an Israeli-American electrical engineer, 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). In 2011, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) awarded Pearl with the Turing Award, the highest distinction in computer science, "for fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning". He is the author of several books, including the technical Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference, and The Book of Why, a book on causality aimed at the general public.
Judea Pearl is the father of journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan connected with Al-Qaeda and the International Islamic Front in 2002.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- University of California, Los Angeles
Notable works
- The Book of Why
- causal diagram
- Bayesian network
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Ruth Pearl
- Children
- Daniel Pearl
Awards & honours (17)
- Turing Award
- Benjamin Franklin Medal
- Harvey Prize
- Rumelhart Prize
- IJCAI Award for Research Excellence
- Lakatos Award
- ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award
- Dickson Prize in Science
- Honorary doctorate from University of Toronto
- AAAI Fellow
- Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society
- ACM Fellow
- IEEE Fellow
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow of the American Statistical Association
- Kampé de Fériet Award
- Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Quick answers about Judea Pearl
- How old is Judea Pearl?
- Judea Pearl is 90 years old (born September 4, 1936).
- When is Judea Pearl's birthday?
- Judea Pearl was born on September 4, 1936.
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- Judea Pearl was born in Tel Aviv.
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- Judea Pearl's zodiac sign is Virgo.
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- Judea Pearl is a citizen of United States.
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- Judea Pearl is known as computer scientist, engineer, philosopher, university teacher.
- Who has Judea Pearl been married to?
- According to Wikidata, Judea Pearl's spouse is or was Ruth Pearl.
- How many children does Judea Pearl have?
- Wikidata lists 1 child of Judea Pearl.
