Stuart Russell
UC Berkeley Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science; co-author of AI, A Modern Approach
- Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Computational Precision Health, Emeritus; Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering, University of California, Berkeley5
- Director, Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public (UC Berkeley)2
- Faculty, Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI), UC Berkeley21
Stuart Russell is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, Cognitive Science, and Computational Precision Health, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds the Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering, according to Russell's CV. Russell is affiliated with Berkeley's Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI) and Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR), and CHAI lists Russell as director of the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public. Russell co-wrote the textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach with Peter Norvig, whose site presents the fourth edition, and wrote Human Compatible, a book on AI and the problem of control.51234
Career
Stuart Russell joined UC Berkeley's Computer Science Division in 1986 as an assistant professor, became associate professor in 1991 and professor in 1996, and has held the Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering since 2001.5
Russell chaired Berkeley's Computer Science Division from 2006 to 2010 and again in 2024, and chaired the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from 2008 to 2010. In 2024 Russell also became a professor of Computational Precision Health at UC San Francisco. Russell's CV, last updated in September 2026, lists the Berkeley and UCSF distinguished professorships as emeritus.5
Research centers
Russell is affiliated with Berkeley's Center for Human-Compatible AI, the Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public, which Russell directs, Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research, and the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Russell's CV dates the directorship of the Kavli Center to 2021.125
Teaching and writing
With Peter Norvig, Russell wrote the textbook Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, now in its fourth edition, which won the Amity Booker Prize in 2017. Russell's book Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control has a Penguin Books edition published in November 2020.354
Work
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (external site: aima.cs.berkeley.edu)Published research
Co-author, with Peter Norvig, of the textbook; the book's site presents the fourth US edition.31
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control (external site: penguinrandomhouse.com)Published research
Author of the book; Penguin Random House lists a Penguin Books edition published on November 17, 2020.41
Career timeline
1986
Joined UC Berkeley's Computer Science Division as an assistant professor.5
1995
Received the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award.5
1996
Became a professor in UC Berkeley's Computer Science Division.5
2001
Named to the Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering.5
2006
Began chairing UC Berkeley's Computer Science Division, a role held until 2010.5
2019
Received the AAAI Feigenbaum Prize and an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship.5
2024
Joined UC San Francisco as a professor of Computational Precision Health and chaired Berkeley's Computer Science Division.5
2025
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.5
Honors and recognition
- Computers and Thought Award · International Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence, 19955
- AAAI Fellow · Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 19975
- ACM Fellow · Association for Computing Machinery, 20035
- ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award · Association for Computing Machinery, 20055
- AAAS Fellow · American Association for the Advancement of Science, 20115
- Mitchell Prize · American Statistical Association and International Society for Bayesian Analysis, 20145
- AAAI Feigenbaum Prize · Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 20195
- Andrew Carnegie Fellowship · Carnegie Corporation of New York, 20195
- IJCAI Research Excellence Award · International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, 20225
- ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award · Association for Computing Machinery and AAAI, 20225
- Member, National Academy of Engineering · U.S. National Academy of Engineering, 20255
- Fellow of the Royal Society · The Royal Society, 20255
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