StuartRussell,wasbornin1962inPortsmouth,England.HereceivedhisB.A.withfirst-classhon-oursinphysicsfromOxfordUndiversityin1982,andhisPh,D.incomputersciencefromStanfordin1986.HethenjoinedthefacultyoftheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,whereheisaprofessorofcomputerscience,directoroftheCenterforIntelligentSystems,andholderoftheSmith-ZadehChairinEngineering.In1990,hereceivedthePresidentialYoungInvestigatorAwardoftheNationalScienceFoundation,andin1995hewascowinneroftheComputersandThoughtAward.Hewasa1996MillerProfessoroftheUniversityofCaliforniaandwasappointedtoaChancellorsProfessorshipin2000.In1998,hegavetheForsytheMemorialLecturesatStanfordUniversityHeisaFellowandformerExecutiveCouncilmemberoftheAmericanAssociationforArtificialIntelligence.Hehaspublishedover100papersonawiderangeoftopicsinartificialintelligence.HisotherbooksincludeTheUseofKnowledgeinAnalogyandInductionand(withEricWefald)DotheRightThing:StudiesinLimitedRationality.