A world-renown researcher and thought leader AI, machine learning, robotics and computational design, Daniela Rus is the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT.

Prof. Rus served as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the Defense Innovation Board, and as a USA expert for ZGlobal Partnerships in AI. She is a senior visiting fellow at MITRE Corporation. She currently serves on the board of directors of Symbotic, SymphonyAI, and Mass Robotics. She is the co-founder and board member of LiquidAI, ThemisAI, and Venti Technologies.

Rus is a Class of 2002 MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of ACM, AAAI and IEEE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and the American Academy for Arts and Science. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University.