Artificial Intelligence Experts
Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Data Science and Robotics
Ilkay Altintas
Chief Data Science Officer, San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego
Director, Workflows for Data Science Center of Excellence
Director, WIFIRE Lab
Scientific workflows, big data applications, distributed computing, reproducible science, Kepler Scientific Workflow System, AI in tackling climate challenges like wildfire
Mikhail Belkin
Professor, Halιcιoğlu Data Science Institute
Developing theory to better understand neural networks in particular and AI in general, Machine learning and deep learning
Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick
Computer Science Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
AI for the humanities, developing generative modeling techniques for understanding and generating structured human data–including natural language, music, historical ciphers, document images and other complex artifacts
Henrik Christensen
Computer Science Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Director, Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego
Robotics and AI, with an emphasis on a systems view of problems, focusing on everything from self-driving vehicles to warehouse robots
Sujit Dey
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Director, UC San Diego Center for Wireless Communications
Faculty Director, UC San Diego Institute for the Global Entrepreneur
Qualcomm Institute Affiliate
Using innovative multi-modal data fusion and learning algorithms, and edge computing and networking architectures, to enable novel 5G and 6G use cases like predictive personalized health, X-Reality and smart and sustainable mobility, Using AI for precise and personalized diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic conditions
Tara Javidi
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Co-Director of the Center for Machine-Integrated Computing and Security (MICS)
Using principles from AI to optimize large-scale engineering systems and the scientific discovery pipeline, Using AI principles to optimize beam-tracking, end-to-end routing, multi-user scheduling and communication secrecy in next generation communication networks, AI solutions for experiment design
Takaki Komiyama
Using AI networks to mine data sets of neuronal ensembles to identify patterns of behavioral strategies, Reinforcement learning, Exploring links between AI networks and the brain
Julian McAuley
Computer Science Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Personalized machine learning and large language models in applications ranging from personalized recommendations, to chatbots, health care and fashion design
Ndapa Nakashole
Computer science professor
Nakashole is interested in Natural Language Processing, Her work focuses on the healthcare domain with a particular interest in question answering, entity linking and making healthcare information accessible to the general public using NLP methods, She also works on low resource languages with the goal of widening the population of people that can benefit from language technology
Shyue Ping Ong
Nanoengineering Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Associate Director, UC San Diego Sustainable Power and Energy Center
Use of AI and machine learning to accelerate the discovery and development of new materials with superior properties for applications ranging from advanced batteries and LEDs to structural alloys for extreme environments
Leo Porter
Computer Science Teaching Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Using AI tools to teach programming to undergraduate students, Active learning pedagogies and using machine learning techniques to predict struggling students
Laurel Riek
Computer Science Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Director, UC San Diego Healthcare Robotics Lab
UC San Diego Design Lab
Human-robot interaction and human-centered AI, Assistive/accessible technology, Embodied AI and health informatics, AI technology in acute care, neuro-rehabilitation and home health, AI and health equity, AI ethics and robot ethics
Terry Sejnowski
Distinguished Professor, Department of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences and Francis Crick Chair and Professor, Salk Institute
Neural networks, Computational and theoretical neuroscience, including how our understanding of neurobiology has paved the way for brain-inspired artificial intelligence advancements<
Jingbo Shang
Computer Science Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Large language models and their applications, Detecting and preventing toxic prompts cloaked in benign language in chatbots powered by large language models, Developing data-driven approaches to transform massive text data into actionable knowledge
Yuanyuan Shi
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Performance-guaranteed AI models for sustainable energy systems, AI models that optimize indoor air quality and energy consumption in smart buildings, Developing AI and control techniques to balance electricity generation and demand in microgrids powered by renewable energy sources
Gabriel Silva
Bioengineering Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
The intersection of neuroscience, neural computing and engineering; understanding the algorithms the biological brain uses in order to develop novel mathematical models for artificial neural networks and machine learning
Kristen Vaccaro
Computer Science Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering and the UC San Diego Design Lab
Content moderation and AI, Privacy and surveillance, Auditing and regulation, Bias in AI, Equity in AI, Transparency
Yusu Wang
Professor, Halιcιoğlu Data Science Institute
Director, The National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Research Institute TILOS (The Institute for Learning Enabled Optimization at Scale)
Geometric deep learning, graph learning, topological data analysis, machine learning for complex unstructured data, Learning enabled optimization, with applications to chip design, material science and neuroscience
Frank Würthwein
Director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Professor of Physics, School of Physical Sciences
Executive Director, Open Science Grid
High-capacity data cyberinfrastructure, high-energy particle physics
Rose Yu
Computer Science Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Machine learning, especially for large-scale spatiotemporal data, Deep learning, Generative AI, Spatiotemporal reasoning, The inclusion of scientific knowledge into AI systems, Learning dynamical systems in climate, health care and physical sciences
AI in Society, Politics and Art
Amy Alexander
Professor, Computing in the Arts (Visual Arts), School of Arts and Humanities
UC San Diego Design Lab
Computationally-based art, Algorithmic bias, AI and gender, AI and subjective characteristics, Bias in AI image generators
Memo Akten
Assistant Professor; Computational & New Media Art, School of Arts and Humanities
UC San Diego Design Lab
Computational systems that augment and expand human creativity, Social, cultural, political, ethical and philosophical implications of AI, Using art to create speculative simulations and data dramatizations exploring the intricacies of human-machine entanglements; perception and states of consciousness; the tensions between ecology, technology, science and spirituality
Ben Bergen
Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science/School of Social Sciences
UC San Diego Design Lab
Peter Cowhey
Dean Emeritus and Qualcomm Chair Emeritus, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy
Balancing AI regulation and innovation, comparative analysis of AI, AI in critical infrastructure, Certification and regulatory measures, International collaboration on AI regulation
David Danks
Professor, Data Science and Philosophy, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and School of Arts and Humanities
Member, National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee
Ethical, psychological and policy/regulatory issues around AI and robotics across multiple sectors, including transportation, health care, privacy, defense and security, causal AI systems, particularly for biomedical and public health data, computational models of human learning and reasoning
Virginia de Sa
Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science/School of Social Sciences
Associate Director, Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
Brain-computer interfaces, machine learning, AI and computer vision, Vision/visual psychophysics, Computational neuroscience and facial expression analysis, Human consequences of AI, as well as improving equity in education using AI and using tech to reduce economic inequality and inequity in health care
Shlomo Dubnov
Professor of Music, School of Arts and Humanities, and Computer Science and Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering
Director, Center for Research in Entertainment and Learning (CREL) at Qualcomm Institute
The intersection of music and AI, Computer music and machine improvisation, Using generative AI for music and human-AI co-creativity
Amy Eguchi
Teaching Professor (LSOE) in the Department of Education Studies/School of Social Sciences
AI in K-12 education, AI literacy, developing national educational guidelines for AI, Integration of AI tools/AI literacy education in classrooms and teacher education to prepare the future workforce, Educational robotics, Human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction
Stuart Geiger
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication/School of Social Sciences and Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
Disinformation generated by AI, social responsibility of AI, the “AI Revolution,” Using AI innovatively in the college classroom, AI as part of the writing process, Ethnographer of computation, Human-computer interaction
Philip Guo
Associate professor in the Department of Cognitive Science/School of Social Sciences
UC San Diego Design Lab
Learning to code with the help of AI, Teaching programming in the age of ChatGPT, AI for scientific programming
Gail Heyman
Professor in the Department of Psychology/School of Social Sciences
AI and education, Large language models, Human consequences of AI, Academic integrity
Lilly Irani
Associate Professor in the Department of Communication/School of Social Sciences and the UC San Diego Design Lab
Faculty Director, UC San Diego Labor Center
AI labor, AI ethics, how technologies and tech companies affect people, their work and neighborhoods
Jacobo Myerston
Associate Professor, Literature, School of Arts and Humanities
Using machine learning to study ancient languages and societies
Vincent Nijs
Associate Professor of Business Analytics and Marketing, UC San Diego Rady School of Management
Co-Director, UC San Diego’s Master of Science in Business Analytics
Generative AI in business, including for process improvement, cost reduction and changing scope of work, AI in curriculum at business schools, AI in the workplace
Holly Okonkwo
Assistant Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies/School of Social Sciences
Critical data and AI studies, human-centered design, the politics of computing, How knowledge production and technical practices are culturally constructed and conditioned by the politics of race, gender, class and coloniality in the United States, Ghana and Nigeria
Margaret Roberts
Professor in the Department of Political Science/School of Social Sciences and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
Politics of information and misinformation, automated content analysis, and the politics of censorship and propaganda of authoritarian states, How censorship can influence AI, using AI and machine learning to investigate social media and AI threats to democracy
Will Styler
Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Linguistics/School of Social Sciences
Director of the Computational Social Science Program
Speech recognition, text-to-speech, computational analysis of speech, large language models, medical natural language processing, machine learning and AI in pedagogy and teaching, free and open software and culture
Shahrokh Yadegari
Professor, Music, School of Arts and Humanities; Associate Director of the Qualcomm Institute
Director, Sonic Arts Research and Development and the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS)
AI in acoustic modeling and sound spatialization
AI in Human Health and Healthcare Delivery
Ludmil Alexandrov
Bioengineering professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
AI approaches and experimental techniques to gain insight into how cancers develop and grow
Rommie Amaro
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, School of Biological Sciences
Using computational techniques to investigate the structure, function and dynamics of complex biological systems, Using AI-enhanced simulations as tools to develop new medicines and vaccines
Linda Awdishu
Head, Division of Clinical Pharmacy, and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Using AI to predict health outcomes and identify disease, specifically acute kidney injury before it occurs in the hospital
John Ayers
Vice Chief of Innovation in the Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute Affiliate
Use and regulation of AI in health care, Health care-related internet searches
Sally Baxter
Ophthalmologist and division chief for Ophthalmology Informatics and Data Science at UC San Diego Health
AI in ophthalmology
Hannah Carter
Associate Professor, UC San Diego School of Medicine Department of Medicine
Using AI for deep-learning genomics, to better understand how DNA is organized and activated and deactivated in cells
Rodney Gabriel
Anesthesiologist and Director, Division of Perioperative Informatics at UC San Diego Health
AI workflows in surgical and perioperative care
Pradipta Ghosh
Professor, UC San Diego School of Medicine Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Founding Director, UC San Diego Institute for Network Medicine
Director, UC San Diego Agilent Center of Excellence for Cellular Intelligence
Using AI to link gene expression with disease states in order to create better models of disease and discover new treatment targets
Trey Ideker
Professor, UC San Diego School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Adjunct Professor, Jacobs School of Engineering Departments of Bioengineering and Computer Science
Developing and using AI tools to predict treatment resistance in tumors and to develop new cancer drugs
Adrian Jinich
Assistant Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences
Using AI in drug discovery, specifically to target deadly and drug resistant enzymes in tuberculosis (TB) cases
Christoper Longhurst
Chief Medical Officer & Chief Digital Officer at UC San Diego Health
AI implementation in health systems, Impact of AI in health care, AI in health innovation
Media Contact
Justin Meyer
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences
Using AI tools to investigate bacteriophage (phage), viruses that are considered promising therapeutic sources in the growing antibiotic resistance crisis, AI research includes which mutations lead to infection, detecting genes involved in infection and resistance and analyzing how phage evolve
Andrew McCulloch
Bioengineering professor, Jacobs School of Engineering
Director, UC San Diego Institute of Engineering in Medicine
Leader, UC San Diego arm of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Allia
Use of multi-scale engineering approaches to understand, diagnose and treat heart disease and discover the biological principles underlying human athletic performance
Camille Nebeker
Professor, Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science and the Design Lab; Qualcomm Institute Affiliate
AI risk assessment, Ethical and social implications of digital and AI strategies used in research, Informed consent, Bias in AI, Data management, AI in healthcare
Ming-Tai Seale
Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Department of Medicine Division of Biomedical Informatics
Using machine learning to reduce physician workload
Karandeep Singh
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Endowed Chair in Digital Health Innovation at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Chief Health Artificial Intelligence Officer at UC San Diego Health
Use of AI in health care
Amy Sitapati
Chief Medical Information Officer for Population Health and Primary Care Physician, UC San Diego Health
AI in health care, Ethical use of AI in health
Media Contact
Gabriel Wardi
Emergency Medicine Physician at UC San Diego Health
Using AI to detect sepsis in patients receiving care in the hospital
Media Contact
Zaid Yousif
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Computing in health care, Using AI to predict health outcomes and identify disease, specifically acute kidney injury before it occurs in the hospital
AI in Climate and Earth Science
Luca Delle Monache
Deputy Director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Using AI to improve weather predictions and improve the prediction of atmospheric rivers
Neal Driscoll
Professor, geology and geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Director and principal investigator, ALERTCalifornia
Using AI tools to prepare for, respond to and recover from wildfires and other natural hazards
Kait Frasier
Assistant Research Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and head of the Scripps Machine Listening Laboratory
The intersection between oceanography and machine learning: using machine learning to extract actionable insights from large underwater acoustic datasets, with a deep understanding of physical, biological and anthropogenic sound sources, Using AI to identify dolphin species, Using machine learning to study the impact of environmental disasters, like the Deep Horizon oil spill, on marine mammals
Alice Gabriel
Associate Professor of Geophysics and seismologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Use of AI in seismology, combining physics-based computer simulations with data-driven techniques and theoretical analysis to uncover the physical mechanisms relevant to understanding earthquakes, Using AI-enhanced tools to evaluate earthquake scenarios on demand
Nicholas Lutsko
Stuart Sandin
Marine Ecologist and Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Director, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
Using AI to study coral reefs and accelerate the process by which the researchers can observe how corals are growing, shrinking, changing, dying and recruiting
Duncan Watson-Parris
Assistant Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute
The application of machine learning in climate science, Machine learning tools and techniques to better understand the complex interactions between aerosols and clouds, and their representation within global climate models