Tina Eliassi-Rad Explained

Tina Eliassi-Rad
Workplaces:Northeastern University
Rutgers University
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Alma Mater:University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Awards:Lagrange Prize (2023), Network Science Society Fellow (2023) [1]
Thesis Title:Building intelligent agents that learn to retrieve and extract information
Thesis Url:http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/609079420
Thesis Year:2001
Website:Eliassi.org

Tina Eliassi-Rad is an American computer scientist and the inaugural President Joseph E. Aoun Professor[2] at Northeastern University. Her research is at the intersection of artificial intelligence (namely, data mining and machine learning), network science, and applied ethics. In 2023, she won the Lagrange Prize for her work on ethical approaches to artificial intelligence.

Early life and education

Eliassi-Rad studied computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[3] She earned a bachelor's degree with distinction in 1993, before moving to Illinois to begin graduate program at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. She returned to Wisconsin for her doctoral research, where she worked on intelligent agents.[4] After graduating, Eliassi-Rad joined the research team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.[5]

Research and career

Eliassi-Rad joined Rutgers University as an Assistant Professor in 2010. She moved to Northeastern University in 2016, where she was made Professor in 2020.[6] She is part of the Northeastern University Network Science Institute.[7] She currently teaches the honors inquiry course "Algorithms That Affect Lives."[8]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

References

  1. https://netscisociety.net/award-prizes/society-fellows "Network Science Society"
  2. https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/09/24/joseph-e-aoun-professor/ "Northeastern News"
  3. Web site: Tina Eliassi-Rad. 2020-10-25. Northeastern University. en-US.
  4. Book: Eliassi, -Rad, Tina. Building intelligent agents that learn to retrieve and extract information. 2001. English. 609079420.
  5. Web site: Tina Eliassi-Rad – Khoury College of Computer Sciences. 2020-10-25. en-US.
  6. Web site: Tina Eliassi-Rad. 2020-10-25. The Helix Center. en-US.
  7. Web site: Tina Eliassi-Rad People. 2020-10-25. www.networkscienceinstitute.org.
  8. Web site: Algorithms that Affect Lives. 2020-10-25. eliassi.org.
  9. https://www.llnl.gov/news/doe-recognizes-labs-outstanding-mentors "Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory News
  10. https://www.isi.it/en/people" ISI Foundation"
  11. https://womeninaiethics.org/the-list/of-2021/ "Women in AI Ethics"
  12. https://provost.northeastern.edu/academic-honors/faculty-awards/excellence-in-research-and-creative-activity-award/ "Northeastern University Academic Honors"
  13. https://www.isi.it/en/media-press/the-lagrange-prize-crt-foundation-edition-2023 "ISI Foundation Press"
  14. https://netscisociety.net/award-prizes/society-fellows "Network Science Society"