Charles Lee Isbell Jr.

Charles Lee Isbell Jr.
Born	(1968-12-18) 18 December 1968 (age 55) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Education	Georgia Institute of Technology (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Georgia Tech AT&T University of Wisconsin
Thesis	Sparse Multi-Level Representations for Text Retrieval
Doctoral advisor	Rodney Brooks Paul Viola

Charles Lee Isbell Jr. is an American computer scientist, researcher, and educator. He is Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Before joining the faculty there, he was a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing starting in 2002, and served as John P. Imlay, Jr. Dean of the College from July 2019 to July 2023. His research interests focus on machine learning and artificial intelligence, particularly interactive and human-centered AI. He has published over 100 scientific papers.^[1] In addition to his research work, Isbell has been an advocate for increasing access to and diversity in higher education.