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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Judea Pearl

1936 - Today

Judea Pearl

Judea Pearl (born September 4, 1936) is an Israeli-American computer scientist and philosopher, best known for championing the probabilistic approach to artificial intelligence and the development of Bayesian networks (see the article on belief propagation). He is also credited for developing a theory of causal and counterfactual inference based on structural models (see article on causality). In 2011, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) awarded Pearl with the Turing Award, the highest distinction in computer science, "for fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Judea Pearl has received more than 760,970 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Judea Pearl is the 72nd most popular computer scientist (up from 82nd in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Israel (up from 220th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Computer Scientist.

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50.51
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
26
Languages Editions (L)
3.32
Effective Languages (L*)
3.60
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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Judea Pearl ranks 72 out of 201. Before him are Dana Scott, Mary Kenneth Keller, John Draper, John Henry Holland, John Cocke, and Ron Rivest. After him are James H. Wilkinson, Leonard Adleman, Ed Roberts, Ivar Jacobson, Martin Hellman, and Geoffrey Hinton.

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Dana Scott
1932 - Present
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 66
Mary Kenneth Keller
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 67
John Draper
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 68
John Henry Holland
1929 - 2015
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 69
John Cocke
1925 - 2002
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 70
Ron Rivest
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 71
Judea Pearl
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 72
James H. Wilkinson
1919 - 1986
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 73
Leonard Adleman
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 74
Ed Roberts
1941 - 2010
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 75
Ivar Jacobson
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 76
Martin Hellman
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 77
Geoffrey Hinton
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 78

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Judea Pearl ranks 254. Before him are Ivan Dias, Stanislav Govorukhin, Mustafa Ould Salek, Ante Žanetić, Agnieszka Osiecka, and Lino Banfi. After him are Andrej Kvašňák, Jair Marinho, Troy Donahue, Jan Němec, W. D. Hamilton, and Kim Yong-chun.

Others Born in 1936

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Ivan Dias
1936 - 2017
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 248
Stanislav Govorukhin
1936 - 2018
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 249
Mustafa Ould Salek
1936 - 2012
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 250
Ante Žanetić
1936 - 2014
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 251
Agnieszka Osiecka
1936 - 1997
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 252
Lino Banfi
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 253
Judea Pearl
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 254
Andrej Kvašňák
1936 - 2007
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 255
Jair Marinho
1936 - 2020
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 256
Troy Donahue
1936 - 2001
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 257
Jan Němec
1936 - 2016
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 258
W. D. Hamilton
1936 - 2000
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 259
Kim Yong-chun
1936 - 2018
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 260

In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Judea Pearl ranks 218 out of 430. Before him are Emile Habibi (1922), Yvan Attal (1965), Dalia Itzik (1952), Yigal Amir (1970), Naomi Shemer (1930), and Mordechai Gur (1930). After him are Arik Einstein (1939), Dan Halutz (1948), Gali Atari (1953), Yakir Aharonov (1932), Izhar Cohen (1951), and Gabi Ashkenazi (1954).

Others born in Israel

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Emile Habibi
1922 - 1996
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 212
Yvan Attal
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 213
Dalia Itzik
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 214
Yigal Amir
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 215
Naomi Shemer
1930 - 2004
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 216
Mordechai Gur
1930 - 1995
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 217
Judea Pearl
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 218
Arik Einstein
1939 - 2013
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 219
Dan Halutz
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 220
Gali Atari
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 221
Yakir Aharonov
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 222
Izhar Cohen
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 223
Gabi Ashkenazi
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 224

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Israel

Among computer scientists born in Israel, Judea Pearl ranks 2. Before him are Amir Pnueli (1941). After him are Adi Shamir (1952) and Daphne Koller (1968).