New York: Anima Anandkumar, the Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, has been appointed to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General's Scientific Advisory Board, which brings together distinguished researchers from around the globe to advise UN leaders on breakthroughs in science and technology. Established in August 2023, the 15-person board provides "independent insights on trends at the intersection of science, technology, ethics, governance and sustainable development," according to the organization's website.
Known for her pioneering work in AI, Anandkumar has developed methods to model multiscale processes that are common in scientific domains. She invented neural operators, an AI method which can handle inputs and outputs at multiple scales or resolutions and learn mappings between function spaces. Such AI methods have proven effective in a variety of applications, including AI based weather forecasting, work that provided a better understanding of Covid-19, and a system of land drones smoothly in complex turbulence.
