Adji Bousso Dieng

Adji Bousso Dieng is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University where she leads the lab Vertaix on research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the natural sciences. She is affiliated with the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, the Princeton Materials Institute, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI). She is also a Research Scientist at Google AI and the founder and President of the nonprofit The Africa I Know. Professor Dieng was recently named an AI2050 Early Career Fellow by Schmidt Futures, an Outstanding Recent Alumni by Columbia University, the Annie T. Randall Innovator of 2022 for her research and advocacy by the American Statistical Association, and one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans of 2020 by Africa Youth Awards. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her doctoral work received much recognition, e.g. a Google Ph.D. Fellowship in Machine Learning, a rising star in Machine Learning nomination by the University of Maryland, and a Savage Award from the International Society for Bayesian Analysis, for her doctoral thesis. Her work is supported by the National Science Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and Princeton University.