Judea Pearl is a professor of computer science at UCLA and director of the Cognitive Systems Laboratory. Pearl received the 2011 ACM A.M. Turing Award for fundamental contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning.12
At a glance
- Current role
- Professor of Computer Science; Director, Cognitive Systems Laboratory
- Company
- UCLA
- Honors
- 1
- Sources cited
- 2
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
UCLA and the Cognitive Systems Laboratory
Pearl is a professor at UCLA and directs the Cognitive Systems Laboratory, where research focuses on artificial intelligence, causality, and probabilistic reasoning.1
Turing Award and causal inference
In 2011 Pearl received the ACM A.M. Turing Award for developing a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning that transformed how AI systems represent and reason about uncertainty and cause and effect.2
Timeline
- Pearl received the ACM A.M. Turing Award.2
Honors and recognition
- ACM A.M. Turing Award · Association for Computing Machinery, 20112
Where they work
- UCLA 7 people in the wiki
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2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 23, 2026 · data updated Oct 23, 2026