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Recognized for playing a significant role in establishing the credibility of artificial intelligence, Horvitz has also helped establish the link between artificial intelligence and decision science. Horvitz coined the concept of bounded optimality, a decision-theoretic approach to bounded rationality.
As a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft, his research interests have spanned theoretical and practical challenges in developing systems that perceived, learned, and reasoned. His contributions include advances in principles and applications of machine learning and inference, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, bioinformatics, and e-commerce.
