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 [2]. His work on causality has "revolutionized the understanding of causality in statistics, psychology, medicine and the social sciences"[3].
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.
Scientific papers
- List of papers on Pearl's personal website
Lectures
- "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
Awards
- 2010--David E. Rumelhart Prize (For Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition)
- 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