Maya Ackerman

Professor Ackerman is a leading researcher on Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning, with dozens of peer-reviewed publications. Named “Woman of Influence” by the Silicon Valley Business journal, Dr. Ackerman appeared on NBC News, New Scientist, and Grammy.com, and on international Television stations. Her research into AI and Machine Learning has earned awards from the Association for Computational Creativity, US Office of Naval Research, NSERC, and many more.

A sought-after speaker, Dr. Ackerman had been an invited speaker at the United Nations, Google, IBM Research, Stanford University, amongst other prestigious venues. She earned her PhD from the University of Waterloo, held postdoctoral fellowships at Caltech and UC San Diego and is on the faculty of the Computer Engineering Department at Santa Clara University and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Computational Creativity.