{"id":83603,"date":"2012-04-01T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/blog\/the-nobel-prize-of-computing\/"},"modified":"2012-04-01T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T08:55:00","slug":"the-nobel-prize-of-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technion.ac.il\/en\/blog\/the-nobel-prize-of-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Nobel Prize” of Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Technion Graduate Prof. Judea Pearl has won the Turing Award for a \u201ccontribution that transformed artificial intelligence\u201d; he will receive the prestigious Technion Harvey Prize<\/a> in 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Technion graduate Prof. Judea Pearl, who will receive at the end of this month the prestigious Harvey Prize at the Technion, has won the Turing Award, \u201cthe Nobel Prize of Computer Scientists.\u201d The Harvey Prize \u00a0is known to \u201cpredict\u201d the wins of Nobel Prize Laureates (13 researches have won the Nobel Prize after receiving the Harvey Award), and it has now managed to \u201cpredict\u201d also Prof. Pearl\u2019s win of the Turing Award \u00a0(he was told four months ago about the Technion\u2019s decision to grant him the Harvey Prize).<\/p>\n

The Tecnion\u2019s announcement said that Prof. Pearl has \u201claid, through courageous and far-sighted research the theoretical foundations for the presentation of knowledge and reasoning in computer science. His theories of inference under uncertainty, and in particular the Bayesian Networks approach, have influenced varied disciplines, including artificial intelligence, statistics, \u00a0philosophy, health, economics, social sciences and cerebral cognitive processes. The Harvey Prize in Science and Technology is awarded to Prof. Pearl in recognition of the breakthroughs that are \u00a0embodied in his researches and their influence on multitudes of spheres of our life.\u201d<\/p>\n

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, announced last weekend that Prof. Judea Pearl of UCLA has won the 2011 ACM Turing Award, for innovations that enabled breakthroughs in the partnership between humans and machines that is the foundation of artificial intelligence. He has created the computational basis for processing information under uncertainty \u2013 a core problem faced by intelligent systems. \u201cProf. Pearl\u2019s influence extends beyond artificial intelligence and even computer science \u2013 to human reasoning and the philosophy of science,\u201c said ACM\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, the Harvey Prize rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in science and technology. The monetary Prize is a banner of recognition for men and women who have truly contributed to the progress of humanity. No less, however, the Prize is a source of inspiration. Serving as stimulus, the award urges scientists and scholars forward to further accomplishment.<\/p>\n

The Harvey Prize was awarded for the first time in 1972, from a fund established by Leo M. Harvey, of Blessed Memory, of Los Angeles, in recognition of great contributions to the advancement of humanity in science and technology and \u00a0human health, and to the advancement of peace in the Middle East. Every year, the fund awards $75,000 to each of the winners.<\/p>\n

Among the recipients of the prestigious Harvey Prize are scientists from the USA, Britain, Russia, Sweden, France and Israel, such as Nobel Prize Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the USSR, who was awarded the Prize \u00a0for his activity towards reducing regional tensions; Prof. Bert Sakmann, Nobel Laureate in Medicine; Prof. Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Nobel Laureate in Physics; Prof. Edward \u00a0Teller, for his discoveries in solid state physics, atomic physics and nuclear physics; and Prof. William J. Kolff, for the invention of the artificial kidney.<\/p>\n

Candidates for the Harvey Prize are recommended by leading scientists and personages in Israel and the world. The prize laureates are selected by the Harvey Prize Council in a stringent process at \u00a0the Technion.<\/p>\n

See also: Harvey Prize Laureates, 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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