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Milind Tambe awarded for using AI to benefit humanity
Tambe leads a lab that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning across various domains.
Milind Tambe, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has been honored with the 2024 AAAI Award for AI for the Benefit of Humanity.
The award recognizes Tambe’s “ground-breaking applications of novel AI techniques to public safety and security, conservation, and public health, benefiting humanity on an international scale.”
“I am extremely grateful to my current and former PhD students & postdocs for all their wonderful work in AI for social impact, and I am excited to discuss our latest work during my keynote at AAAI 2024,” said Tambe.
The computer scientist, who also serves as the director of the Center for Research on Computation and Society and the Teamcore Research Group on Agents and Multiagent Systems, leads a lab that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning across various domains. His lab projects include applications in conservation efforts in Cambodia, supporting maternal health NGOs in India, and implementing HIV prevention strategies in high-risk communities.
In addition to this, Tambe is a pioneer in the application of computational game theory for public safety and security. His research has been instrumental in aiding security agencies such as the US Coast Guard and the US Transportation Security Administration in optimally allocating scarce security resources.
Tambe joined the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in 2019 after spending 25 years in the computer science department at the University of Southern California. He earned his master's degree in computer science at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, in India, and his Ph.D. in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University.
Tambe will receive the 2024 AAAI Award for AI for the Benefit of Humanity at the AAAI-24 Conference in Vancouver, Canada, this February.
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