Project Collaborator
Atoosa Kasirzadeh
Biography
Atoosa Kasirzadeh is a philosopher and AI researcher with a track record of publications on philosophy, ethics, and governance of AI and computational sciences. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University with joint affiliations in the Philosophy and Software & Societal Systems departments, a Core Member of the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics, a part-time Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Governance of AI. During 2025-27, Kasirzadeh is the council member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Artificial General Intelligence. She is a 2024 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow, 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). Kasirzadeh holds two doctoral degrees: a PhD in Philosophy of Science and Technology from the University of Toronto and a PhD in Mathematics (Operations Research) from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. Her research combines quantitative, qualitative, and philosophical methods to explore questions about the societal impacts, governance, and future of AI and humanity. Her work has been featured in major media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Vox.
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