Henry E. Kyburg, Jr.
Henry E. Kyburg, Jr. researched probability, evidence and uncertain inference. He earned a Columbia philosophy doctorate in 1955 and joined Rochester in 1965. His publications include a 1974 book on statistical inference and a 1987 paper on updating evidence. Rochester appointed him professor of computer science in 1986 while he remained active in philosophy. AAAI elected him a Fellow in 2002. He received a graduate-education award and died in October 2007.
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- Citations
- 10,434
- h-index
- 42
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Timeline
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1955–1965
Philosophy and an academic career
Kyburg earned a Columbia philosophy doctorate in 1955. He joined Rochester as a philosophy professor in 1965. His later work connected questions about knowledge and probability with computational reasoning.
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1974–1987
Statistical inference and updating evidence
Kyburg published The Logical Foundations of Statistical Inference in 1974 and Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Evidential Updating in 1987. His research asked how uncertainty should be represented and how new evidence should update probabilities.
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1986–2002
A connection with computer science
Kyburg became a computer-science professor at Rochester in 1986, alongside his work in philosophy. Kyburg’s work connected uncertainty with planning, knowledge representation and decision making. AAAI elected him a Fellow in 2002. His career spanned formal philosophy and AI research.
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2007
Education and later life
Rochester gave Kyburg its lifetime graduate-education award in 2007. He died on 30 October 2007. His publications covered inductive logic, statistics, probability and knowledge.
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