Joseph Halpern

Joseph Halpern
Joseph Halpern at EPFL in June 2008
Born(1953-05-29)May 29, 1953
Israel
DiedFebruary 13, 2026(2026-02-13) (aged 72)
AwardsGödel Prize (1997)
Allen Newell Award (2008)
Dijkstra Prize (2009)
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsCornell University
Doctoral studentsNir Friedman, Daphne Koller, Yoram Moses

Joseph Yehuda Halpern (May 29, 1953 – February 13, 2026) was an Israeli-American professor of computer science at Cornell University. Most of his research is on reasoning about knowledge and uncertainty.