Cornell AI Leadership
While encompassing the entire university, the initiative is led by four deans and faculty who represent key research areas in AI.
Participating College Deans
Thorsten Joachims
Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
AI Initiative Lead Dean
Lynden Archer
Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering
Greg Morrisett
Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech
Peter Loewen
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Radical Collaboration
All members of the Cornell faculty are eligible to serve as part of the Cornell AI Initiative committees.
Director, Interim Dean
Thorsten Joachims
Departments of Computer Science and Information Science, Cornell Bowers CIS
Co-directors
Deborah Estrin
Department of Computer Science, Cornell Tech, Cornell Bowers CIS
Jesse Goldberg
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, College of Arts and Sciences
Hadas Kress-Gazit
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Advisory Council
Jayadev Acharya
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Michele Belot
Department of Economics, School of Industrial Labor Relations
Mark Campbell
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering
Morten Christiansen
Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Andy Clark
Departments of Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Computational Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Will Cong
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, SC Johnson College of Business
Charles Danko
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine
Olivier Elemento
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine
Peter Frazier
School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, College of Engineering
Sue Fussell
Departments of Information Science and Communication, Cornell Bowers CIS and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Vishal Gaur
Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Carla Gomes
Department of Computer Science and Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell Bowers CIS and SC Johnson College of Business
Wendy Ju
Department of Information Science, Cornell Tech, Cornell Bowers CIS
Eun-Ah Kim
Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
Jon Kleinberg
Departments of Computer Science and Information Science, Cornell Bowers CIS
Sarah Kreps
Brooks School Tech Policy Institute, College of Arts and Sciences
Saurabh Mehta
Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology
Shaun Nichols
Sage School of Philosophy and Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Alexander “Sasha” Rush
Department of Computer Science, Cornell Tech, Cornell Bowers CIS
Mert Sabuncu
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Cornell Tech
Bart Selman
Department of Computer Science, Cornell Bowers CIS
Huseyin Topaloglu
School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, College of Engineering and Cornell Tech
R Bruce van Dover
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Marten Wegkamp
Departments of Mathematics, and Statistics and Data Science, College of Arts and Sciences, and Cornell Bowers CIS
Kilian Weinberger
Department of Computer Science, Cornell Bowers CIS
Fengqi You
Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, College of Engineering