Daphne Koller

Professor Daphne Koller has been a faculty member at Stanford University since 1995, currently serving as the Rajeev Motwani Professor in the School of Engineering. Her research focuses on employing machine learning and probabilistic methods to model and analyze complex systems, with current projects in computational biology, computational medicine, and the semantic understanding of physical environments through sensor data. With over 200 refereed publications in prestigious venues such as Science and numerous AI and Computer Science journals, she is a recognized leader in her field, having delivered keynote speeches at over ten major conferences. Koller has received numerous accolades, including the Arthur Samuel Thesis Award, the Sloan Foundation Faculty Fellowship, and the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. As the founder of CURIS, Stanford's summer research program for undergraduates in computer science, she has trained over 500 students. Additionally, she was instrumental in pioneering Stanford's online education model, leading to the creation of publicly accessible online courses.