Artificial Intelligence Experts

Sebastian Scherer

Associate Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Sebastian Scherer builds robots that fly and drive through unknown environments. His work spans perception, planning, and safe embodied AI.

Michael Starz

Executive Director, Carnegie Mellon University’s Critical Technology InitiativeCarnegie Mellon University

Michael Starz develops assessment capabilities for critical technologies for U.S. competitiveness

Nancy Pollard

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Reeja Jayan

Professor, Mechanical EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Reeja Jayan explores how electromagnetic fields can control materials synthesis and energy storage behavior.

Michael Kaess

Associate Professor, Founder of the Robot Perception LabCarnegie Mellon University

Perception is a fundamental challenge for mobile robots navigating through and interacting with their environment.

Burcu Akinci

Dean, College of EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Burcu Akinci focuses on emerging energy technologies and using AI to monitor energy use.

Vyas Sekar

Professor, Electrical and Computer EngineeringCarnegie Mellon University

Vyas Sekar seeks to develop more rigorous foundations for securing tomorrow’s electric energy grid

Eric Nyberg

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Eric Nyberg builds software applications that can understand and process human language.

Deva Ramanan

ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Deva Ramanan's research interests span computer vision and machine learning, with a focus on visual recognition.

Laurie Heller

Teaching Professor of PsychologyCarnegie Mellon University

Laurie Heller's research helps us understand how humans naturally make sense of sound and can improve technologies that rely on sound.