Scientist/Researcher

Alexandra Olteanu

Rigor in AI · AI Measurement · AI Evaluation · Responsible AI · Anthropomorphic AI · Computational Social Science

Brief Resume

Experience

Principal Researcher - FATE MTL Microsoft Research, NYC, US & Montreal, Canada 7 years, 8 months
Research Scientist - Social Good Fellow IBM Research, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, NYS, US 1 year, 6 months
Research Assistant - LSIR lab École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 4 years, 4 months
Research Intern - Context, Learning, and User Experience for Search Microsoft Research, Redmond, Washington, US 3 months (during PhD)
Research Associate - Social Computing Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), Doha, Qatar 6 months (during PhD)

Education

Ph.D. in Computer and Communication Sciences École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
M.S. in Parallel and Distributed Computer Systems (double-degree) Vrije University of Amsterdam, Netherlands & "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania
B.S. in Computer Science "Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania

Mentoring & teaching

I have hosted or co-mentored over 25 PhD students at MSR and IBM Research, and I have also co-mentored and/or served on PhD thesis defense/qualification committees for 10 other PhD students.

Selected service

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External links

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