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Friday, March 16, 2012

Judea Pearl Wins ACM Turing Award for Artificial Intelligence Work

The commercial news media picked up a story that appeared online in yesterday's UCLA Today:
UCLA professor Judea Pearl has been awarded one of the highest honors in the field of computer science.  Pearl was named winner of the 2011  A.M.  (sic - should be ACM) Turing Award, which carries a $250,000 prize, for his work in artificial intelligence. Pearl, 75, contributed to the field by developing mathematical formulas that factor in uncertainty. That allows computers to find connections between millions of pieces of data, even when the information is incomplete or vague. His work has made it possible for computers to think more like humans today, as humans often have to make inferences in decision making...

Pearl is the father of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter from Encino who was killed by a terrorist group in Pakistan in 2002. He is also president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, which seeks to honor his son's legacy by promoting tolerance through music, journalism and dialogue. 


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