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IU Bloomington

David Leake

Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering

Expert Bio

David Leake is a professor of computer science in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, where he served as executive associate dean from 2012 to 2021. His research is in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, including contributions in case-based reasoning, explanation, intelligent user interfaces, introspective learning and neuro-symbolic AI.

He has authored/edited over 200 publications with over 9,000 Google Scholar citations. He played a key role in developing the field of case-based reasoning and is a six-time winner of best paper awards at the International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning.

He is editor-in-chief emeritus of AI Magazine, the official magazine of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, after 17 years as editor-in-chief. In 2014 he received the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence’s Distinguished Service Award. He is a senior member of the association.

He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1990.

Areas of Expertise

Artificial intelligence, cognitive science.