People

The Center brings together Northeastern faculty, staff, students, community leaders, advisors, Open-source AI developers, and artists working – and grappling with – AI in Oakland, Bay Area, and the world.

Leadership

Northeastern Oakland

Alexy Khrabrov [LI]
Founder and Chief Scientist

The Center is founded and lead by Dr. Alexy Khrabrov, its inaugural Chief Scientist. Alexy is a globally recognized AI Community Leader, having co-founded the AI Alliance, Open-Source Science at NumFOCUS, the Bay Area AI meetups and AI By the Bay conferences. You can read more about Alexy at his personal Medium blog and LinkedIn profile. As an Adjunct Research Scientist and PI at Northeastern University, Alexy is deeply familiar with Northeastern Oakland, where he is a neighbor and friend for more than a decade. Dr. Khrabrov built a career on creating community, and his goal is making CR4AI an integral part of Oakland, Bay Area, and the whole Northeastern University family around the world.

Dan Sachs [NU]
Dean of Northeastern University in Oakland

Northeastern West Coast

CR4AI is guided by the senior leadership spanning multiple Northeastern campuses.

Bethany Edmunds [NU]
Associate Dean of Computing Programs, West Coast at Northeastern University

Northeastern Boston and Global

Elizabeth Mynatt [NU]
Dean of Khoury College of Computer Sciences

Usama Fayyad [NU]
Senior Vice Provost for AI and Data Strategy and Senior Advisor to the President

Advisory Board

We are honored to enlist a board of advisors that reflect the diversity of human endeavors required to understand and build Reliable AI for all. It includes AI researchers, startup founders, industry executives, art visionaries, civic leaders, and other supporters who guide us with their wisdom, experience, networks, and enthusiasm.