Who we are
We come from countries around the world to form a community of humans focused on the responsible development of AI. At MIT and IBM Research, we share a “mind and hand” commitment to the scientific method grounded in the practical pursuit of solving the world’s biggest problems.
The team at IBM Research Cambridge in Kendall Square.
Leadership
The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is lead by MIT Chair, MIT Provost and Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Anantha Chandrakasan; Sriram Raghavan, IBM Chair and Vice President at IBM Research AI; and MIT Co-chair and MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing Dean Dan Huttenlocher. David Cox of IBM Research and Aude Oliva of MIT co-direct the Lab. Each of the Lab’s projects is jointly proposed and executed by IBM researchers and MIT faculty members. The MIT-IBM steering committee is composed of Co-chairs David Cox and Aude Oliva, head of AI+D in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Antonio Torralba, Jerry McAfee Professor in Engineering at MIT Elsa A. Olivetti, Catalyst Strategy & Operations, Cambridge Senior Location Executive (SLE) Adriane Mullins, and Vice President of IBM Research Exploratory Science Jeff Welser.
Aude Oliva is the MIT director of the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab, director of strategic industry engagement in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, and a senior research scientist at MIT CSAIL, working on natural and artificial intelligence .
David Cox is the IBM director the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and the VP for Foundational AI at IBM Research. Formerly a Harvard professor, he is a computational neuroscientist prioritizing the Lab’s work in neuro-symbolic AI and other key areas while leading the Lab’s IBM team in Cambridge, MA.
Anantha Chandrakasan is the MIT chair of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, MIT provost, and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His research focuses on making electronic circuits more energy efficient.
Sriram Raghavan is the IBM chair of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and vice president at IBM Research for AI. He is responsible for establishing and executing a wide-ranging research agenda that spans foundational and applied artificial intelligence.
Daniel Huttenlocher is the MIT co-chair of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, and the Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He is recognized for his work in computer vision, social media, and understanding artificial intelligence .
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