Qichao Hu 33 SolidEnergy Systems Country of birth: China Qichao Hu believes he’s on the cusp of one of the most highly anticipated developments in industry: the next battery revolution. As founder and CEO of SolidEnergy Systems, a startup based in Woburn, …Continue reading
Using AI to make cities more responsive to their residents
Liang Xu 31 Ping An Technology Country of birth: China Liang Xu and his team have developed an AI platform that is transforming how cities across China improve public health, reduce crime, and increase efficiency in public management. Xu’s team works closely …Continue reading
She taught an AI to design AI chips
Azalia Mirhoseini 32 Google Brain Country of birth: Iran Azalia Mirhoseini, a research scientist at Google Brain, is using artificial intelligence itself to make better chips for artificial intelligence. Many microchips that are used for AI weren’t specifically built for it. Most are …Continue reading
Her AI program aims to weed out bias in decision making
Himabindu Lakkaraju 29 Harvard University Country of birth: India Himabindu Lakkaraju designed an artificial intelligence program that serve as a bias check for decision makers like judges and doctors. Machine learning and AI are increasingly used in law enforcement to make decisions …Continue reading
Her invention could make ear infections easier to treat, especially in children
Ida Pavlichenko 32 Harvard’s Wyss Institute Country of birth: Azerbaijan Ida Pavlichenko has engineered a major improvement to the ear tubes that doctors use to combat the ear infections that many young children endure. The tubes in use today attract biofilms, leading …Continue reading
She found a better way to correct single-gene mutations
Nicole Gaudelli 34 Beam Therapeutics Country of birth: US Nicole Gaudelli invented a way to potentially correct almost half of all genetic diseases caused by single-gene mutations. Gene-editing tools such as CRISPR can fix some of the single-letter genetic “spelling” mistakes that …Continue reading
She’s using AI to help dream up a new generation of lighter, stronger materials
Grace Gu 30 University of California, Berkeley Country of birth: US Grace Gu is using artificial intelligence to find ways to make better materials. Gu envisions materials that can be used for lighter and stronger body armors, 3D-printed and customizable medical implants, …Continue reading
Making the software that lets powerful AI programs run more smoothly
Song Han 30 MIT Country of birth: China lphaGo, the artificial intelligence that beat the best human player at Go in 2016, needed nearly 2,000 central processing units and 300 graphics processing units to function. As a consequence, its electricity bills were …Continue reading
She uses algorithms and AI to fight socioeconomic inequality
Rediet Abebe 28 Cornell University Country of birth: Ethiopia Rediet Abebe uses algorithms and AI to improve access to opportunity for historically marginalized communities. When Abebe moved from her native Ethiopia to the United States to attend Harvard College, she was struck …Continue reading
Digitizing evolution to make better antibiotics
Cesar de la Fuente University of Pennsylvania Country of birth: Spain Bacteria evolve faster than scientists can make new antibiotics to fight them. That’s why César de la Fuente has developed algorithms that follow Darwin’s laws of evolution to create optimized artificial …Continue reading