JEWISH RECIPIENTS OF THE DAVID E. RUMELHART PRIZE IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE 
(48% of recipients)
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Listed below are recipients of the David Rumelhart Prize who are Jewish or of half-Jewish descent.  The prize recognizes outstanding contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition and was created as a sort of "Nobel Prize" in cognitive science.
  • Richard Shiffrin (2002)
  • Paul Smolensky (2005)
  • Jeffrey Elman 1 (2007)
  • Shimon Ullman (2008)
  • Judea Pearl (2011)
  • Peter Dayan (2012)
  • Ray Jackendoff (2014)
  • Lila Gleitman (2017)
  • Michael Tanenhaus (2018)
  • Susan Goldin-Meadow (2021)
  • Alison Gopnik (2024)
  • Nora Newcombe 2 (2025)
NOTES
1. Jewish father.
2. Jewish mother, Hanna (née Hammerschlag) Newcombe.
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