2020 Faculty
Dr. Susan Athey is the Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Professor of Economics (by courtesy), Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Director of the Golub Capital Social Impact Lab, and Associate Director for the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). In 2020, Dr. Athey testified to the U.S. Congress regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on the economy.
Dr. Erik Brynjolfsson is the Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Professor and Senior Fellow at Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and Director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He is the Ralph Landau Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and holds appointments at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Department of Economics and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Dr. Daniel E. Ho is the William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Associate Director for the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI), and Director of the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab (RegLab).
Dr. Stephen Eglash developed the popular “The Value of Data and AI” course at Stanford University with Dr. James Zou and Dr. Matei Zaharia. Dr. Eglash is Director of the Applied Energy Division at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, a part of Stanford University. Previously Steve developed and managed research programs at Stanford University in artificial intelligence, data science, energy, and sustainability. Prior to joining Stanford, Steve was CEO of solar cell company Cyrium Technologies, consultant for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the US Department of Energy, venture capitalist at Worldview Technology Partners, vice president at SDL (JDSU), and member of the technical staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
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.
Dr. Matei Zaharia developed the popular “The Value of Data and AI” course at Stanford University with Dr. Stephen Eglash and Dr. Zou. Dr. Zaharia is Assistant Professor at Stanford Computer Science. As a technologist, he works on computer systems and machine learning as part of Stanford DAWN and is co-founder and Chief Technologist of Databricks, a data and AI platform startup. Before joining Stanford, he was an Assistant Professor at MIT.