Ayanna Howard

Professor and chair of the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology.

RADAR THINKER

Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2019.

FAST FACT

AI advisor on the YouTube Future of AI documentary series produced by Robert Downey Jr.

FAST FACT

Recognized as one of the 23 most powerful women engineers in the world by Business Insider.

Ideas

As robots become more commonplace, the answer to the question of how we control them will be to make them more human. Specializes in specific applications of the technology, including use in pediatric and general health care, and education. Also how human biases – including racial and gender discrimination – can be unwittingly programmed into robots and AI.

Bio

Educated at the University of Southern California, Brown University and Claremont University. Began developing robots while working in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Founded the educational technology company Zyrobotics in 2013, and now its chief technology officer. AI advisor on the YouTube Future of AI documentary series produced by Robert Downey Jr. and evaluator for the Google $25 million AI for Social Good Challenge.

Content

13 academic book chapters, 46 journal publications and 200 conference publications.

NATIONALITY: American

Media picks

Verdict

“An intelligent voice on artificial intelligence.”

Stuart Crainer & Des Dearlove, Thinkers50

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