Dr.
      Eric Joel Horvitz
Microsoft Research
      Computer scientist; Company research staff member
      Area
                                Mathematical and Physical Sciences
                            Specialty
                                Computer Sciences
                            Elected
                                    2011
                    Known for advancing the scientific understanding of computational mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior. Provided insights about principles of intelligence through research on methods for sensing, reasoning, decision making under uncertainty, and foundational innovations in human-computer interaction. Showed how reasoning systems can be made more flexible and robust, enabling them to perform well amidst the complexities of the world. Beyond theory, created valuable and widely used applications, from healthcare and web search to traffic routing. Past President of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
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