Julia is an Institute Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering, Associate Professor of Data Science at the Center for Data Science, and Director of the Center for Responsible Ai. Julia’s goal is to make “Responsible AI” synonymous with “AI”. She works towards this goal by engaging in academic research, education and technology policy, and by speaking about the benefits and harms of AI to practitioners and members of the public.

Julia’s research interests include AI ethics and legal compliance, and data management and AI systems. In addition to academic publications, she has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Le Monde. Julia has been teaching courses on responsible data science and AI to students, practitioners and the general public. She is a co-author of “Data, Responsibly”, an award-winning comic book series for data science enthusiasts, and “We are AI”, a comic book series for the general audience.

Julia is engaged in technology policy and regulation in the US and internationally, having served on the New York City Automated Decision Systems Task Force, by mayoral appointment, among other roles.

Julia received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Columbia University, and a B.S. in Computer Science and in Mathematics & Statistics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and a Senior Member of the ACM.