Our People

Leadership

Our leadership team includes pioneers in the field who have contributed to breakthroughs in AI systems and have years of experience working with businesses to build solutions at scale.

Usama Fayyad
Executive Director
u.fayyad@northeastern.edu
Laurent Audoly
Senior Advisor AI Drug Discovery & Development
l.audoly@northeastern.edu
Ricardo Baeza-Yates
Director of Research
r.baeza-yates@northeastern.edu
Cansu Canca
Director of Responsible AI Practice
c.canca@northeastern.edu
Jennifer Dy
Director of AI Faculty
j.dy@northeastern.edu
Auroop Ganguly
Director of AI for Climate & Sustainability
a.ganguly@northeastern.edu
Hamit Hamutcu
Senior Advisor Strategy & Marketing
h.hamutcu@northeastern.edu
Steve Johnson
Senior Fellow & Advisor
Samuel Scarpino
Director of AI + Life Sciences
s.scarpino@northeastern.edu
James Shanahan
Director of AI Solutions Hub
ja.shanahan@northeastern.edu
Eugene Tunik
Director of AI + Health
e.tunik@northeastern.edu
Tim Weidinger
Director of Business Development
t.weidinger@northeastern.edu