Fei-Fei Li

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lǐ (李).
The native form of this personal name is Lǐ Fēifēi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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Fei-Fei Li
Li at AI for Good in 2017
Born (1976-07-03) July 3, 1976 (age 48)[3]
Beijing, China
NationalityAmerican
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Known for
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsArtificial intelligence
Machine learning
Computer vision
Neuroscience[1]
Institutions
ThesisVisual recognition: computational models and human psychophysics (2005)
Doctoral advisor
Doctoral students
Websiteprofiles.stanford.edu/fei-fei-li Edit this at Wikidata

Fei-Fei Li (Chinese: 李飞飞; pinyin: Lǐ Fēifēi; born July 3, 1976) is a Chinese-American computer scientist, known for establishing ImageNet, the dataset that enabled rapid advances in computer vision in the 2010s.[4][5][6][7] She is the Sequoia Capital professor of computer science at Stanford University and former board director at Twitter.[8] Li is a co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence and a co-director of the Stanford Vision and Learning Lab.[9][10] She served as the director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 2013 to 2018.[11][12][13]

In 2017, she co-founded AI4ALL, a nonprofit organization working to increase diversity and inclusion in the field of artificial intelligence.[14][15] Her research expertise includes artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and cognitive neuroscience.[16]

Li was named in the Time 100 AI Most Influential People list in 2023[17] and received the Intel Lifetime Achievements Innovation Award in the same year for her contributions to artificial intelligence.[18] She was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering[19] and the National Academy of Medicine in 2020,[20] and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021.[21]

On August 3, 2023, it was announced that Li was appointed to the United Nations Scientific Advisory Board, established by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.[22][23] In 2024, Li made to the Gold House’s most impactful Asian A100 list.[24]

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  4. ^ Gershgorn, Dave (July 26, 2017). "Investment in the Technology".
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  6. ^ "ImageNet: Where Have We Gone? Where Are We Going? with Fei-Fei Li". learning.acm.org. Retrieved January 10, 2023.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ Jaton, Florian (2020). The constitution of algorithms : ground-truthing, programming, formulating. Geoffrey C. Bowker. Cambridge, Massachusetts. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-262-36323-5. OCLC 1202407378.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ "Profiles: Fei-Fei Li". Stanford University.
  9. ^ "Leadership".
  10. ^ "Stanford Vision and Learning Lab (SVL)".
  11. ^ "Home". Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
  12. ^ Fei-Fei Li at TED Edit this at Wikidata
  13. ^ Appearances on C-SPAN
  14. ^ "Melinda Gates and Fei-Fei Li Want to Liberate AI from "Guys With Hoodies"". WIRED. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  15. ^ "AI4ALL - Official Website". ai-4-all.org. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  16. ^ "Fei-Fei Li Ph.D. - Professor, Stanford University".
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  22. ^ "UN Secretary-General Creates Scientific Advisory Board for Independent Advice on Breakthroughs in Science and Technology | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". press.un.org. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  23. ^ "HAI Co-Director Fei-Fei Li Joins UN Secretary-General's Scientific Advisory Board". hai.stanford.edu. August 3, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  24. ^ Thompson, Jack Dunn,Selena Kuznikov,Jazz Tangcay,Jaden; Dunn, Jack; Kuznikov, Selena; Tangcay, Jazz; Thompson, Jaden (May 1, 2024). "Keanu Reeves, Jung Kook, Hayao Miyazaki Among Gold House's A100 Honorees". Variety. Retrieved May 21, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)