Pedro Domingos

Pedro Domingos is an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, renowned for his contributions to machine learning and artificial intelligence, and has authored influential books such as “The Master Algorithm” and “2040.” After receiving his Ph.D. in Information and Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine in 1997, Pedro Domingos embarked on a distinguished career that has profoundly shaped the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence. His doctoral work focused on a unified approach to concept learning, building upon his earlier Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in 1992 and a Master of Science in Information and Computer Science from UC Irvine in 1994. During this formative period, Domingos was recognized with a Fulbright Scholarship from 1992 to 1997.

Following a two-year tenure as an assistant professor at IST, he joined the University of Washington in 1999 as an assistant professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Domingos quickly established himself as a leading voice in the academic community, receiving an NSF CAREER Award of $310,000 in 2000, an IBM Faculty Partnership Award of $40,000 in 2000, and a significant Ford Motor Co. gift of $170,000 in the same year. He was further honored with a Sloan Fellowship in 2003 and served as program co-chair for KDD-2003.

Throughout his career, he has consistently contributed to the academic and research communities, serving on the editorial board of the ‘Machine Learning’ journal, co-founding the International Machine Learning Society, and being honored with the IJCAI John McCarthy Award.