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People

The people of AI Commons.

AI Commons is a distributed community. Some people build and steward the organization. Others helped start it. Many more are working across the ecosystem on the problems AI Commons exists to address.

Core stewards

Stewarding the commons.

The core team responsible for AI Commons' direction, operations, and day-to-day work.

Peter WangPeter WangAI Commons · Anaconda
SJ KleinSJ KleinAI Commons · Berkman Klein Center
Chandler VaughnChandler VaughnAI Commons · Anaconda · OpenStack
Gilles FayadGilles FayadDirector, Initiatives · AI Commons
Madisen TaylorMadisen TaylorAI Commons
Amir BanifatemiAmir BanifatemiCo-Founder and Director · AI Commons
Richard St-PierreRichard St-PierreQuantum & AI Sovereignty Senior Advisor · Levio
Founding Members & Initiators

Those who started the conversation.

The individuals who helped found AI Commons and shaped its earliest direction, convening the first discussions about AI as shared infrastructure.

Founders
Yoshua BengioYoshua BengioProfessor · University of Montreal
Stuart RussellStuart RussellProfessor of Computer Science · University of California
Francesca RossiFrancesca RossiAI Ethics Global Leader · IBM
Amir BanifatemiAmir BanifatemiCo-Founder and Director · AI Commons
Initiators
Vilas DharVilas DharPresident · The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Stefan GermannStefan GermannChief Executive Officer · Ursimone Wietlisbach Foundation
Konstantinos KarachaliosKonstantinos KarachaliosStrategic Advisor to the IEEE Executive Director · Chair, Resilient Futures Consortium
Mathilde ForslundMathilde ForslundExecutive Director · Transform Health
Uyi StewartUyi StewartVice President, Inclusive Innovation and Analytics · Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
Ambassadors

Supporting the commons.

Supporting team members and ambassadors for AI Commons.

Tara ChklovskiTara ChklovskiChief Executive Officer · Technovation
Mei Lin FungMei Lin FungChair IEEE Technical committee on Sustainability
Community
Governance & Policy
Frederic WernerHead of Strategic EngagementInternational Telecommunication Union
Chaesub LeeFormer Director, Telecommunication Standardization BureauInternational Telecommunication Union
Vincenzo AquaroChief Digital Government - Division of Public Institutions and Digital GovernmentUnited Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Sasha RubelHead of AI, Public Policy, Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Eileen DonahoeFounder & Managing PartnerSympatico Ventures
Maria AxenteFounder & CEOResponsible Intelligence
Sebastian HallenslebenChief Trust OfficerResaro
Research, Industry and Community
Timnit GebruFounder & Executive DirectorThe Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
Pascale FungCo-founder and Chief Research & Innovation OfficerAMI Labs
Yann LeCunExecutive ChairmanAMI Labs
Georgina CurtoSenior AI Researcher and Team LeadUnited Nations University Institute in Macau
Cédric VillaniMathematician, Fields Medalist
Risto MiikkulainenVP of AI ResearchCognizant AI Lab
Zoubin GhahramaniProfessor of Information EngineeringUniversity of Cambridge
Urs GasserProfessor of Public Policy, Governance, and Innovative TechnologyTechnical University of Munich
Jonnie PennAssociate Teaching Professor of AI Ethics and SocietyUniversity of Cambridge
Wendell WallachEmeritus Chair Technology and Ethics Research GroupYale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
Ramesh RaskarAssociate Professor of Media Arts and SciencesMIT Media Lab
Marcel SalatheCo Director at EPFL AI CenterEPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Julien CornebiseHonorary Associate Professor, Department of Computer ScienceUniversity College London
Paolo BenantiAssociate ProfessorLUISS Guido Carli University
Technology & Platforms
Max CappellariSenior Software Development Manager, AIZillow
J. Brandon JohnsonAI ResearcherExcelsior Creative
Responsible AI & Industry
Thomas WolfCo-founder and Chief Science OfficerHugging Face
Joelle PineauChief AI OfficerCohere
Esteban ArcauteTechnical Lead for Responsible AIMeta
Joaquin Quiñonero CandelaFellowLinkedIn
Babak HodjatChief AI OfficerCognizant
Manuela VelosoHead of AI Research · ProfessorJPMorgan Chase · Carnegie Mellon University
Partners