Profile: Dr. Sanmi Koyejo — Stanford AI Researcher on Trustworthy Machine Learning for Scientific Discovery
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Sowkhya Shanbhog
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Summary
This article is an interview/profile of Dr. Sanmi Koyejo, a Stanford computer science professor and leader of the STAIR Lab, who is a plenary speaker at the 248th AAS meeting. His research focuses on the intersection of machine learning, scientific discovery, and building trustworthy AI systems. The piece explores his work on developing foundations for evaluating AI trustworthiness, particularly in scientific contexts.
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His work develops foundations for evaluating and [building trustworthy AI systems].
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