Adji Bousso Dieng
Adji Bousso Dieng Adji Bousso Dieng is a Senegalese Computer Scientist and Statistician working in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Her research bridges probabilistic graphical models and deep learning to discover meaningful structure from unlabelled data. She is currently an Artificial Intelligence Research Scientist at Google Brain in Mountain View, California. In 2021, she will start her tenure-track faculty position at Princeton University becoming the first Black female faculty member in the School of Engineering and Applied Science as well as the first Black faculty member ever in the Department of Computer Science. Dieng recently founded the non-profit “The Africa I Know” (TAIK) with the goal to inspire young Africans to pursue careers in STEM and AI by showcasing African role models, informing the general public about developments in STEM and AI by Africans, and educating the general public about the rich history of Africa.
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[edit]- We tell stories from our own perspective with the goal of inspiring young Africans, and in the process, educating the general public.
- We want to rewrite the history from our perspective, and not the perspective of what we read, which is often negatively biased towards Africa.
- “It’s important to have role models, role models that look like you and representation matters, for it gives hope and courage to pursue one’s endeavors.
