Genevieve Bell

Genevieve Bell
Genevieve Bell in 2017
13th Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University
Assumed office
1 January 2024
ChancellorJulie Bishop
Preceded byBrian Schmidt
Personal details
BornAustralia
Alma materBryn Mawr College
Stanford University
OccupationCultural Anthropologist
Distinguished Professor
Academic background
ThesisTelling stories out of school: Remembering the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1879-1918 (1998)
Doctoral advisorArthur Wolf
Hill Gates
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropology
Institutions

Genevieve Bell AO FTSE FAHA FASSA is the Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University[1] and an Australian cultural anthropologist. She is best known for her work at the intersection of cultural practice research and technological development (including as a pioneer in the field of futurist research[2]), and for being an industry pioneer of the user experience field.[3] Bell was the inaugural director of the Autonomy, Agency and Assurance Innovation Institute (3Ai), which was co-founded by the Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO’s Data61, and a Distinguished Professor of the ANU College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics.[4][5] From 2021 to December 2023, she was the inaugural Director of the new ANU School of Cybernetics. She also holds the university's Florence Violet McKenzie Chair,[6][7] and is the first SRI International Engelbart Distinguished Fellow.[8] Bell is also a Senior Fellow and Vice President at Intel. She is widely published, and holds 13 patents.

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  2. ^ "For journalists » Professor Genevieve Bell". Australia National University. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ Fields, Rob (16 July 2015). "The Culture Q&A: Intel's Genevieve Bell (Part 1)". Forbes. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  4. ^ Dodd, Tim (4 September 2017). "Answering the profound questions raised by AI". Financial Review. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Leading technologist joins ANU, CSIRO's Data61 collaboration". ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science. The Australian National University. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  6. ^ "McKenzie Chair". ANU College of Engineering & Computer Science. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ^ "ANU announces major expansion to drive societal response to the artificial intelligence revolution". ANU. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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