Francesca Rossi facts for kids
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Francesca Rossi
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| Born | December 7, 1962 Ancona, Italy
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| Alma mater | University of Pisa |
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| Fields | Artificial intelligence |
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Francesca Rossi (born December 7, 1962) is a computer scientist from Italy. She works at IBM Research in New York, USA. She is an IBM Fellow and helps lead IBM's work on AI ethics around the world.
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Learning and Career
Francesca Rossi studied computer science at the University of Pisa in Italy. She earned her first degrees in 1986 and her PhD in 1993. After finishing her studies, she taught at the University of Pisa until 1998.
Later, she moved to the University of Padua, where she became a full professor by 2001. She taught there until 2018. In 2015, she joined IBM Research. She became an IBM Fellow in 2020, which is a very high honor for a scientist at IBM.
What She Studies
Francesca Rossi is very interested in AI. She studies how computers can solve difficult problems, learn from data, and make smart decisions.
She also works on making AI fair and safe. This means teaching AI systems to be ethical. She wants to make sure AI helps people make good choices. For example, she looks for ways to stop AI from being unfair or biased. She also explores how human thinking can help make AI even smarter.
Francesca Rossi has written over 230 articles about her research. She has also helped edit many books, including one about "Constraint Programming." She co-wrote a book called "A Short Introduction to Preferences: Between Artificial Intelligence and Social Choice." She also wrote a book in Italian about trusting AI.
Awards and Important Roles
Francesca Rossi has received many awards and held important positions in the world of AI:
- She was the president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) from 2022 to 2024.
- She helped organize big conferences about AI, ethics, and society.
- She received an award for her work in AI ethics in 2021.
- She was a Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute in 2014–2015.
- She was also the president of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) from 2013 to 2015.
- She became a Fellow of the AAAI in 2012.
- She was recognized by the Association for Constraint Programming in 2010.
- She became a Fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) in 2008.
Leading AI Ethics
Francesca is a major leader in making AI ethical. She works to put human values into AI systems. She has held many important roles in this area:
- She has been a board member for the Partnership on AI since 2016.
- She is a research fellow at Oxford University's Institute for the Ethics of AI.
- She is part of the Global Partnership on AI.
- She helped lead a group at the OECD that looks at the future of AI.
- She co-chaired the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on AI for Humanity.
- She was a member of the European Commission's expert group on AI.
- She is on the scientific advisory board for the Future of Life Institute.
- She co-chairs IBM's AI ethics board.
- She helped organize a special event at IJCAI 2022 about AI for good.
- She helped start the first AAAI/ACM conference on AI Ethics and Society.
- She is the IBM AI Ethics Global Leader.
TEDx Talks
Francesca has given four TEDx talks about AI:
- "Sustainable AI" (2015)
- "Ethical Artificial Intelligence" (2015)
- "Living with Artificial Intelligence" (2015)
- "Machines that help us think" (2022)
Podcasts and Media
She has also given talks and been on podcasts, like "Fast and Slow AI" with Daniel Kahneman. Many news outlets have interviewed her, including Fortune, The Financial Times, The Economist, and The Washington Post. She has also written articles for media, such as "How IBM is Working Towards a Fairer AI" for Harvard Business Review.
See also
In Spanish: Francesca Rossi para niños
