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Mehran Sahami

Mehran Sahami

Tencent Chair of the Computer Science Department; James and Ellenor Chesebrough Professor in the School of Engineering; Professor (Teaching) in the Computer Science Department; Bass Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Stanford University

Dr. Mehran Sahami is the James and Ellenor Chesebrough Professor in the School of Engineering, and Professor (Teaching) and Associate Chair for Education in the Computer Science department at Stanford University. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was a Senior Research Scientist at Google. He has also served as chair of the ACM Education Board, an elected member of the ACM Council, and was appointed by California Governor Jerry Brown to the state's Computer Science Strategic Implementation Plan Advisory Panel. Dr. Sahami also teaches two of Stanford's flagship courses in Computer Science, AI, Ethics, and Technological Disruption.