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19851980s
Judea Pearl
Computer scientist and philosopher recognized for championing the probabilistic approach to AI.
Organizations
UCLA
Major Achievements
- •Invented Bayesian networks, introducing rigorous probabilistic and causal reasoning to AI.
- •Wrote 'Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems' (1988), shifting the field away from pure Boolean logic.
- •Awarded the 2011 Turing Award for foundational contributions to AI via calculus for reasoning under uncertainty.
Key Papers
- Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of Plausible Inference
Judea Pearl · Morgan Kaufmann · 1988
- Causal Diagrams for Empirical Research
Judea Pearl · Biometrika · 1995
Videos
Judea Pearl: Correlation and Causation | AI Podcast Clips
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