Dean's Lecture Series

The Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science Dean’s Lecture Series brings STEM innovators and thought leaders together with students and faculty to share wisdom, inspire discovery, and nurture an entrepreneurial spirit to help build a prominent school of engineering and science.

The School of Engineering and Science in partnership with Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence presents the 2023 Dean's Lecture Series:

Artificial Intelligence in Finance: Examples and Discussion

portrait of Manuela Veloso

Manuela Veloso, Ph.D.

Head of AI Research, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 3 p.m.

DeBaun Auditorium, Edwin A. Stevens Hall
Reception to follow in Gateway North 103, Corcoran Room

Abstract

This talk will discuss examples of recent artificial intelligence (AI) research and practices within the financial sector, addressing data, reasoning and execution of various AI approaches utilized to service and assist humans in their complex tasks. Presented projects will cover AI for data discovery, data standardization, synthetic data, behavior understanding, multi-agent simulations, and explainability.

About the Speaker

Manuela Veloso is Head of J.P. Morgan Chase AI Research and Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emerita at Carnegie Mellon University, where she was previously a faculty member in the Computer Science Department and Head of the Machine Learning Department. Her recent interests are in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Symbiotic Human-Robot Autonomy, Continuous Learning Systems, and AI in Finance. She is past President of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), and the co-founder and a past President of the RoboCup Federation. In her career she has received numerous awards and honors, including: National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Allen Newell Medal for Excellence in Research, Radcliffe Fellow, Einstein Chair Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the ACM/SIGART Autonomous Agents Research Award. Veloso is a Fellow of AAAI, AAAS, ACM, and IEEE. She was elected in 2022 to the National Academy of Engineering for her “contributions to artificial intelligence and its applications in robotics and the financial service industry.”