Sammy Assefa

Sammy Assefa, PhD, is a seasoned professional in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning, currently serving as Senior Vice President and Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at U.S. Bank. Assefa also holds the position of General Chair for the ACM International Conference on AI in Finance (ICAIF) 2023. Previous roles include Executive Director of AI Research at J.P. Morgan and Vice President of Data Science focusing on AI/ML at Barclays. Additionally, Assefa was a Research Fellow in Population Genomics/Bioinformatics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Academic credentials include an M.Phil in Computational Biology obtained from the University of Cambridge, with studies spanning from 2006 to 2012.