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José Hernández-Orallo

José Hernández-Orallo studies how to evaluate AI capabilities, progress and risks. He studied computer science at UPV, earned a logic doctorate at Valencia and joined the DMIP team before coauthoring a 2004 data-mining textbook. His 2017 book The Measure of All Minds won the 2018 PROSE Award; he coauthored the 2023 Science article Rethink reporting of evaluation results in AI and researched psychometric evaluation in health care in 2025. In 2026, he was appointed to the EU AI Act Scientific Panel and received the Aritmel Award; as of October 2026, he directs research at Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and is a professor on partial leave at TU Valencia.

Born
1971
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Timeline

  1. 1996–2000

    Joining UPV's DMIP team

    He studies computer science at UPV, partly at France's École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications, and joins UPV's Department of Information Systems and Computation in 1996. In 1999, he completes a logic doctorate at the University of Valencia; in 2000, he becomes a member of the DMIP team.

  2. 2004

    A data-mining textbook

    In 2004, he coauthors the Spanish textbook Introducción a la minería de datos with María José Ramírez Quintana and César Ferri Ramírez. The book uses practical examples and software such as SPSS, Clementine and WEKA to explain data-mining methods.

  3. 2018

    The Measure of All Minds

    In 2017, he publishes The Measure of All Minds, applying algorithmic information theory to the evaluation of cognition. The book wins the 2018 PROSE Award for Computing and Information Sciences.

  4. 2023

    Rethink AI evaluation reporting

    In 2023, he coauthors the Science article Rethink reporting of evaluation results in AI. It argues that aggregate metrics and limited access to results make AI evaluation harder to understand.

  5. October 2025

    Psychometrics for medical AI

    In October 2025, he is a Senior Research Fellow at Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and coauthors research on psychometric evaluation in health care. The study finds that exam benchmarks can miss system weaknesses and performance outside tested tasks.

  6. June 2026

    The EU AI Act panel

    In June 2026, he is appointed to the European Union's AI Act Scientific Panel with CFI colleagues Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh and Lorenzo Pacchiardi. The panel advises the AI Office and national authorities on implementing the AI Act and assessing impacts and risks from general-purpose AI models.

  7. 2026

    The Aritmel Award

    The Spanish Computer Science Scientific Society and Fundación BBVA award him the 2026 Aritmel National Computer Science Award for work evaluating AI capabilities, limits and risks.

  8. As of October 2026

    Director of Research at CFI

    In August 2026, he coauthors the Science Policy Forum article The next Turing tests: Reimagining conceptions and measures of AI, which proposes measuring AI progress through diversity, partnership and systemicity. He is Director of Research at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at Cambridge and a professor on partial leave at TU Valencia; his research focuses on AI capabilities, generality, progress, impact and risks.

Career

  1. Since 2025University of CambridgeSenior Research Fellow, Director of Research
  2. Since 1996Polytechnic University of ValenciaProfessor
  3. From 2026European UnionMember
  4. From 2000Department of Information Systems and ComputationMember

Education

  1. 1999Universitat de ValènciaPhD
  2. Polytechnic University of Valencia
  3. École Nationale Supérieure de l'Électronique et de ses Applications

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  1. Kinds of Intelligence: Types, Tests & Meeting the Needs of Society with Jose Hernandez-Orallo - #137The TWIML AI Podcast with Sam Charrington · 14 May 2018 · 46 min

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  1. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public rolesIncludes José Hernández-Orallo. Of 216 AI researchers who entered public life, 83 held advisory seats and 58 took public roles. Another 97 people moved from public careers into AI organizations or research, with 62% of dated records starting from 2020 on.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Cambridge. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes University of Cambridge. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  4. Companies supply the most prior-work hires at 7 of the 9 frontier AI labsIncludes University of Cambridge. Our estimates of the organizations where 550 people worked directly before joining 9 frontier AI labs across 620 career transitions, comparing the main feeder organizations per lab.

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Sources and credits

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  1. José Hernández-Orallo | edX edx.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Doctoral Dissertation josephorallo.webs.upv.es. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Introducción a la minería de datos - Google Libros books.google.com.ar. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. The Measure of All Minds cambridge.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Jose Hernandez-Orallo's Home Page josephorallo.webs.upv.es. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. How psychometrics can enhance AI healthcare evaluation jbs.cam.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Cambridge experts appointed to the European Union's AI Act Scientific Panel csah.cam.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. Fallados los Premios de Investigación Sociedad Científica Informática de España (SCIE)–Fundación BBVA 2026 scie.es. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. New paper: Beyond the Turing Test ith.cam.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.
  10. José Hernández-Orallo - CHIA chia.cam.ac.uk. Checked 20 October 2026.