Scientific Progress in the Age of Generative AI: Challenges and Opportunities

27 Oct 2026 at 10.45 AM - 27 Nov 2026 at 12.15 PM LT24 Atoosa Kasirzadeh Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University (On Leave) Current Students, Industry/Academic Partners

Abstract

In this talk, I present my recent work on progress in science and mathematics in the age of generative AI.

About the Speaker

Atoosa is a philosopher and AI researcher with a track record of publications on philosophy, ethics, and governance of AI and computational sciences. During 2025–2027, Atoosa is the council member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Artificial General Intelligence. She is also a 2024 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow, a 2025 honoree of the Mayfield | Divot AI List, a Steering Committee Member for the ACM FAccT conference, and a program co-chair for 2025 and 2026 conferences of the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI).

Previously, she was a visiting faculty at Google Research, a Chancellor’s Fellow and Research Lead at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Technomoral Futures, and a Group Research Lead at the Alan Turing Institute.

Atoosa holds two doctoral degrees: a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science and Technology from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Operations Research) from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. She holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Systems Engineering. Her research combines quantitative, qualitative, and philosophical methods to explore questions about the societal impacts, governance, and future of AI and humanity.

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