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Judea Pearl

Israeli-born American Computer Scientist and Philosopher; Father of Slain Wall Street Journal Reporter Daniel Pearl; President of the Daniel Pearl Foundation

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Judea Pearl Biography

Judea Pearl was born in Tel Aviv and is a graduate of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. He came to the United States for postgraduate work in 1960, and the following year he received a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Newark College of Engineering, now New Jersey Institute of Technology. In 1965, he simultaneously received a master’s degree in physics from Rutgers University and a PhD from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, now Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Until 1969, he held research positions at RCA David Sarnoff Research Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey and Electronic Memories, Inc. Hawthorne, California.

Pearl joined the faculty of UCLA in 1969, where he is currently a professor of computer science and statistics and director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory. He is known internationally for his contributions to artificial intelligence, human reasoning, and philosophy of science. He is the author of more than 350 scientific papers and three landmark books in his fields of interest: "Heuristics" (1984), "Probabilistic Reasoning" (1988), and "Causality" (2000; 2009).

A member of the National Academy of Engineering and a founding Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, Pearl is the recipient of numerous scientific prizes, including three awarded in 2011: the Association for Computing Machinery A.M. Turing Award for his fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning; the David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition, and the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Other honors include the 2001 London School of Economics Lakatos Award in Philosophy of Science for the best book in the philosophy of science, the 2003 ACM Allen Newell Award for “seminal contributions that extend to philosophy, psychology, medicine, statistics, econometrics, epidemiology and social science”, and the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Medal for Computer and Cognitive Science from the Franklin Institute.

Pearl is the father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, which he co-founded with his family in February 2002 “to continue Daniel’s life-work of dialogue and understanding and to address the root causes of his tragedy.” The Daniel Pearl Foundation sponsors journalism fellowships aimed at promoting honest reporting and East-West understanding, organizes worldwide concerts that promote inter-cultural respect, and sponsors public dialogues between Jews and Muslims to explore common ground and air grievances. The Foundation received Search for Common Ground’s Award For Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding in 2002 and the 2003 Roger E. Joseph Prize for its “distinctive contribution to humanity.”

Judea Pearl and his wife Ruth Pearl are co-editors of the book “I am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl,” winner of the 2004 National Jewish Book Award for Anthologies, which provides a panoramic view of how Jews define themselves in the post 9/11 era.

Professors Pearl and Akbar Ahmed (American University), the founders of the Daniel Pearl Dialogue for Muslim-Jewish Understanding, were co-winners in 2006 of the Civic Ventures’ inaugural Purpose Prize, which honors individuals 60 or older who have demonstrated uncommon vision in addressing community and national problems.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/05/2024.

Judea Pearl Speaking Topics

  • The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Case for Co-Existence

  • The Ideological War on Terror

  • Creating Dialogue between Muslims and Jews

  • Being Western, American and Jewish in the Post 9/11 Era

  • I am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl

Judea Pearl Videos

  • Prof. Judea Pearl and Ruth Pearl Interview Technion Harvey Prize
    Prof. Judea Pearl and Ruth Pearl Interview Technion Harvey Prize
  • Int'l Journalism Instit. in Israel- a resource for MidEast rep...
    Int'l Journalism Instit. in Israel- a resource for MidEast rep...
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Judea Pearl Books

  • The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
    The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
  • Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference
    Causality: Models, Reasoning and Inference
  • Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of Plausible Inference (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Representation and Reasoning)
    Probabilistic Reasoning in Intelligent Systems: Networks of Plausible Inference (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Representation and Reasoning)

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Judea Pearl is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Case for Co-Existence, The Ideological War on Terror, Creating Dialogue between Muslims and Jews, Being Western, American and Jewish in the Post 9/11 Era and I am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl. The estimated speaking fee range to book Judea Pearl for your event is available upon request. Judea Pearl generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Roya Hakakian, Mayim Bialik, Brad Meltzer, Tiffany Shlain and Aaron David Miller. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Judea Pearl for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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