Judea Pearl 699964 210122673 2008-05-04T15:57:05Z FeanorStar7 160806 /* External links */ +cat and edits {{Infobox Scientist |image = Replace this image male.svg <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> |image_width = 150px | | name = Judea Pearl | birth_date =1936 | birth_place =[[Tel Aviv]], [[Palestine]] | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | ethnicity = | field = [[Computer Science]], [[Statistics]] | work_institution = | alma_mater = [[Technion]], [[Israel]]; [[Rutgers University]], [[United States|U.S.]]; [[Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn]], U.S. | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[Artificial Intelligence]], [[Causality]], [[Bayesian Network]]s | author_abbreviation_bot = | author_abbreviation_zoo = | prizes = | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Judea Pearl''' is a [[computer scientist]] and [[philosopher]], best known for developing the [[probability|probabilistic]] approach to [[artificial intelligence]], in particular through [[Bayesian networks]] (see the article on [[belief propagation]]), and for the formalization of causal reasoning (see the article on [[Causality]]). ==Biography== Pearl received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the [[Technion]], [[Israel]], in 1960, a Master degree in Physics from [[Rutgers University]], [[United States|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]] in 1970, where he is currently a professor of Computer Science and Statistics and director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory. In 2002, his son [[Daniel Pearl]] was kidnapped and murdered in [[Pakistan]], leading Judea and the other members of the family and friends to create the Daniel Pearl Foundation [http://www.danielpearl.org]. ==Research== Judea Pearl was one of the pioneers of [[Bayesian networks]] and the [[probability|probabilistic]] approach to [[artificial intelligence]], and one of the firsts 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 intelligenceā€ by UCLA computer science professor Richard Korf [http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/magazine/pearl.html]. His work on causality has "revolutionized the understanding of causality in statistics, psychology, medicine and the social sciences"[http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/Newell_2003.htm]. ===Books=== * ''Heuristics'', Addison-Wesley, 1984 * ''Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems'', Morgan-Kaufmann, 1988 * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/BOOK-2K/index.html ''Causality: Models, Reasoning, and Inference''], Cambridge University Press, 2000 * [http://www.jewishlights.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=JL&Product_Code=1-58023-183-7&Category_Code ''I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl''], Jewish Lights, 2004. ===Scientific papers=== * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/csl_papers.html List of papers on Pearl's personal website] ===Lectures=== * [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3669777328062859687&hl=en Honorary Doctorate of Science degree received from the University of Toronto - commencement speech given June 21, 2007] * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/LECTURE/lecture_sec1.htm "The Art and Science of Cause and Effect": a slideshow and tutorial lecture by Judea Pearl] * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/IJCAI99/ijcai-99.pdf Reasoning with Cause and Effect] ===Awards=== * [http://www.fi.edu/franklinawards/08/laureate_bf_computerccs-pearl.html 2008--Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computers and Cognitive Science] * [http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/070424-3110.asp 2007--University of Toronto, Honorary Doctorate] * [http://www.purposeprize.org/finalists/pearl-ahmed.cfm 2006--Purpose Prize] * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/Newell_2003.htm 2004--2003 ACM Allen Newell Award] * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/pekeris03.html 2003--Pekeris Memorial Lecture] * 2002--Corresponding Member, Spanish Academy of Engineering * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/lakatos.htm 2001--Lakatos Award, London School of Economics and Political Science] * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/aaai-award2k.html 2000--[[AAAI]] Classic Paper Award] * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/IJCAI99/index.html 1999--[[IJCAI Award for Research Excellence]] in Artificial Intelligence] * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/LECTURE/lecture_sec1.htm 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 ==External links== * [http://bayes.cs.ucla.edu/jp_home.html Judea Pearl's personal website] * [http://www.danielpearl.org Daniel Pearl Foundation Website] * [http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/antisemitism/voices/transcript/?content=20070927 Interview with Judea Pearl] from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> <!--- Use the DEFAULTSORT magic word to sort this article in all categories ---> {{Persondata |NAME= Pearl, Judea |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= Computer scientist |DATE OF BIRTH=1936 |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearl, Judea}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Artificial intelligence researchers]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] [[Category:Fellows of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence]] [[Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty]] [[Category:Israeli computer scientists]] [[Category:Israeli philosophers]]