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# Adji Bousso Dieng

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Degree
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2020
ad6725 (@cs.princeton.edu) (609) 258-5935 406 Computer Science
Other Affiliations
CBE, HMEI, PMI

## Research

Interests: Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence for Science (AI4Science)

Research Areas:

- Computational Biology
- Machine Learning
- Natural Language Processing

## Short Bio

I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University where I lead Vertaix on research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the natural sciences. I am affiliated with the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI). I am also a Research Scientist at Google AI and the founder and President of the nonprofit The Africa I Know. I have been named an AI2050 Early Career Fellow by Schmidt Futures and the Annie T. Randall Innovator of 2022 for my research and advocacy by the American Statistical Association. I received my PhD from Columbia University where I was advised by David Blei and John Paisley. My doctoral work received many recognitions, including a Google PhD 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 my doctoral thesis. I hail from Kaolack, Senegal.

Website: vertaix.princeton.edu

## Selected Publications

A full list of publications is available here.

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