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Judea Pearl Wins ACM Turing Award for Artificial Intelligence Work

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The commercial news media picked up a story that appeared online in yesterday’s UCLA Today:
UCLA professor Judea Pearl has been awarded one of the highest honors in the field of computer science.  Pearl was named winner of the 2011 A.M.  (sic – should be ACM) Turing Award, which carries a $250,000 prize, for his work in artificial intelligence. Pearl, 75, contributed to the field by developing mathematical formulas that factor in uncertainty. That allows computers to find connections between millions of pieces of data, even when the information is incomplete or vague. His work has made it possible for computers to think more like humans today, as humans often have to make inferences in decision making…

Pearl is the father of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter from Encino who was killed by a terrorist group in Pakistan in 2002. He is also president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation, which seeks to honor his son’s legacy by promoting tolerance through music, journalism and dialogue. 

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College Diversity Requirement Gathers Support

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College of Letters and Science Faculty Vote on Diversity Requirement

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Dig a Deeper Hole?

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The plaintiffs in the case against the UCLA Grand Hotel have filed an amended brief.  You can read it at the link below.  There are actually two cases, one involving environmental and other matters and another regarding the tax issue.  The environmental case will be heard in September.  And there is legal skirmishing around the tax case. The tax issue is basically that if the hotel is a commercial operation, it has to pay taxes just as would any other hotel.  There is also an issue of whether the Regents can run a commercial enterprise and, if that’s what they…