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Martha Elizabeth Pollack is an American computer scientist who works as the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan .1 Her research specialty is artificial intelligence , where her contributions include works in planning , natural language processing , and activity recognition for cognitive assistance . Pollack did her undergraduate studies in linguistics at Dartmouth College , graduating in 1979. She earned master's and doctoral degrees in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania , completing her Ph.D. in 1986 under the joint supervision of Bonnie Weber and Barbara J. Before joining the University of Michigan faculty in 2000, she worked at SRI International from 1985 to 1992, and was on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh from 1991 to 2000. She became dean of the School of Information at Michigan in 2007, Vice Provost in 2010, and Provost in 2013. She has also been program chair of the International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence in 1997, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research from 2001 to 2005, and president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence from 2009 to 2010. Pollack was the winner of the 1991 IJCAI Computers and Thought Award . She has been a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence since 1996, and of the Association for Computing Machinery and the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2012.2Woodhouse, Kellie (January 30, 2013), "University of Michigan taps vice provost Martha Pollack as school's new chief academic officer" , The Ann Arbor News ; Woodhouse, Kellie (January 30, 2013), "New University of Michigan provost considered 'visionary' by peers" , The Ann Arbor News .3
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Martha Elizabeth Pollack (born August 27, 1958) is an American computer scientist who is the 14th president of Cornell University , serving since April 2017.She also serves on the board of directors of IBM . Previously, she was the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan . Her research specialty is artificial intelligence , where her contributions include works in planning , natural language processing , and activity recognition for cognitive assistance . Pollack to its Board of Directors" . Woodhouse, Kellie (January 30, 2013), "University of Michigan taps vice provost Martha Pollack as school's new chief academic officer" , The Ann Arbor News ; Woodhouse, Kellie (January 30, 2013), "New University of Michigan provost considered 'visionary' by peers" , The Ann Arbor News .
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American computer scientist Martha Elizabeth Pollack (born August 27, 1958) is an American computer scientist who has served as the 14th president of Cornell University since April 2017.Previously, she served as the 14th provost and executive vice president for academic affairs of the University of Michigan from 2013 to 2017. Pollack's research specialty is artificial intelligence , where her contributions include works in planning , natural language processing , and activity recognition for cognitive assistance . She also serves on the board of directors of IBM . "Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (University of Michigan) Supplemental Files" .University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library . Pollack to its Board of Directors" .
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American computer scientist Martha Elizabeth Pollack (born August 27, 1958) is an American computer scientist who served as the 14th president of Cornell University from April 2017 to June 2024.From 2013 to 2017, she was the 14th provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan . Pollack's research specialty is artificial intelligence , where her contributions include works in planning , natural language processing , and activity recognition for cognitive assistance . She also serves on the board of directors of IBM . "Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (University of Michigan) Supplemental Files" . University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library . Pollack to its Board of Directors" .
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