Rediet Abebe
Assistant Professor
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Research Areas
Research Centers
- Center for the Theoretical Foundations of Learning, Inference, Information, Intelligence, Mathematics and Microeconomics at Berkeley (CLIMB)
- Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research Lab (BAIR)
- Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)
- Berkeley Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (BEAAMO)
- Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society - The Banatao Institute (CITRIS)
Biography
Computer Science Assistant Professor Rediet Abebe is a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow and on leave as a Junior Fellow at Harvard University. Her research is broadly in the fields of algorithms and artificial intelligence, with a focus on inequality and distributive justice concerns. She serves on the Executive Committee for the ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO) and was a Program Co-Chair for the inaugural conference. She co-founded and co-organizes the related MD4SG research initiative as well as the non-profit organization Black in AI, where she sits on the Board of Directors and co-lead the Academic Program.
Education
- 2019, Ph.D., Computer Science, Cornell University
- 2015, M.S., Applied Mathematics, Harvard University
- 2014, M.A., Mathematics, University of Cambridge
- 2013, B.A., Mathematics, Harvard University
Awards, Memberships and Fellowships
- Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, 2022
- ACM SIGKDD Dissertation Award, 2020
- Innovation for Equity Rising Star Award, 2020
- MIT Tech Review Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35), 2019
- The Bloomberg 50: One to Watch, 2019
- Harvard Society of Fellows, Junior Fellow, 2019