Henry A. Kautz
Henry Kautz studies logical and probabilistic reasoning, with applications in healthcare and social media. Kautz researches practical algorithms for logical and probabilistic problems that can be computationally intractable in their worst cases. His applications include pervasive healthcare and social media analysis. As director of the National Science Foundation’s Information and Intelligent Systems division, Kautz led its National AI Research Institutes program. This was a research leadership role across institutions.
- Now at
- University of Virginia
- Works
- 245
- Citations
- 21,828
- h-index
- 68
Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.
Timeline
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1997
Research recognition
AAAI elected Henry A. Kautz as a Fellow in 1997.
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2018–2022
National AI research institutes
As director of the National Science Foundation’s Information and Intelligent Systems division, Kautz led its National AI Research Institutes program. This was a research leadership role across institutions.
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2018
Allen Newell Award
Kautz received the ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award for contributions across computer science and other disciplines. The award recognizes the scope of his career work.
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As of October 2026
Reasoning under computational limits
Kautz researches practical algorithms for logical and probabilistic problems that can be computationally intractable in their worst cases. His applications include pervasive healthcare and social media analysis.
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As of October 2026
Data science institution
Kautz was the founding director of the Goergen Institute for Data Science at the University of Rochester.
Sources and credits
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