Emma Pierson (computer scientist) explained

Emma Pierson (Arlington, Virginia) is an American computer scientist who specializes in artificial intelligence.[1] She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.[2] She earned a degree in physics and then a master's in computer science from Stanford University, where she studied cognitive psychology and biocomputation. She received a PhD in 2020 at Stanford under Jure Leskovec. She was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for her work in using computers to solve biological problems, and specifically to work on cancer treatments.[3]

For Nicholas Kristof's "On the Ground" (in The New York Times), she contributed "How to Get More Women to Join the Debate", a contribution on gender and social media,[4] and a follow-up on her methodology.[5] Pierson works with the GTEx Consortium using algorithms to study tissue-specific gene expression in an attempt to understand complex diseases in which limited availability of samples makes traditional research methods impractical.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Knowing You Carry a Cancer Gene. Pierson. Emma. 31 December 2012. The New York Times. August 19, 2022.
  2. News: Four Virginian students among Rhodes Scholarship recipients - The Washington Post. Kunkle. Frederick. 24 November 2013. The Washington Post. 13 September 2015.
  3. News: Chatoor. Nehan. Passion and academic acumen lead Pierson to Rhodes. 17 September 2015. The Stanford Daily. January 9, 2014. Stanford, California.
  4. News: How to Get More Women to Join the Debate. Pierson. Emma. 6 January 2015. The New York Times. 13 September 2015.
  5. News: How to Get More Women to Join the Debate, Part II. Pierson. Emma. 9 March 2015. The New York Times. 13 September 2015.
  6. Sharing and Specificity of Co-expression Networks across 35 Human Tissues. PLOS Computational Biology. May 13, 2015. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004220. Pierson. Emma. Koller. Daphne. Battle. Alexis. Mostafavi. Sara. Mostafavi. S.. Ardlie. K. G.. Getz. G.. Wright. F. A.. Kellis. M.. Volpi. S.. Dermitzakis. E. T.. 11. 5. e1004220. 25970446. 4430528. 2015PLSCB..11E4220P . free .

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