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
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Auroop Ganguly
Director of AI for Climate & Sustainability
a.ganguly@northeastern.edu
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Cansu Canca
Director of Responsible AI Practice
c.canca@northeastern.edu
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Eugene Tunik
Director of AI + Health
e.tunik@northeastern.edu
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Hamit Hamutcu
Senior Advisor Strategy & Marketing
h.hamutcu@northeastern.edu
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Laurent Audoly
Senior Advisor AI Drug Discovery & Development
l.audoly@northeastern.edu
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Ricardo Baeza-Yates
Director of Research
r.baeza-yates@northeastern.edu
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Samuel Scarpino
Director of AI + Life Sciences
s.scarpino@northeastern.edu
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Steve Johnson
Senior Fellow & Advisor
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Tim Weidinger
Head of Business Development
t.weidinger@northeastern.edu
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Vito Quaranta
Strategic Advisor
v.quaranta@northeastern.edu
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