WHEREAS, It is the policy of Washington State to recognize excellence in all fields and areas of study; and
     WHEREAS, Washington is a global leader in technology and research and development; and
     WHEREAS, Eric Horvitz and David Heckerman have distinguished themselves as top researchers at Microsoft and have published many papers; and
     WHEREAS, Mr. Horvitz received a PhD and MD from Stanford University and Mr. Heckerman received his PhD in Medical Information Sciences from Stanford University; and
     WHEREAS, Mr. Heckerman's doctoral dissertation was selected by the Association for Computer Machinery as the top dissertation of 1990; and
     WHEREAS, The magazine Technology Review recognized Mr. Horvitz and Mr. Heckerman as top leaders in the Bayesian Machine Learning field;
     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor Mr. Eric Horvitz and Mr. David Heckerman for their contributions to Bayesian machine learning, especially in the areas of spam-filtering, advanced data-mining tools, and intelligent office assistants; and
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to Mr. Horvitz and Mr. Heckerman.