Martha Pollack | |
|---|---|
 Pollack in 2017 | |
| 14th President of Cornell University | |
| Assumed office April 17, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Garrett |
| 14th Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of Michigan | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Philip J. Hanlon |
| Succeeded by | Martin Philbert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Martha Elizabeth Pollack August 27, 1958 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Spouse | Ken Gottschlich |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Inferring domain plans in question-answering (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bonnie Webber |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Artificial intelligence |
| Institutions | |
Martha Elizabeth Pollack (born August 27, 1958)[1] 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.[2][3]
Pollack's research specialty is artificial intelligence, where her contributions include works in planning, natural language processing, and activity recognition for cognitive assistance.[2][4] She also serves on the board of directors of IBM.[5]
- ^ Steecker, Matt; Platsky, Jeff (November 15, 2016). "Martha Pollack named 14th Cornell president". The Ithaca Journal.
- ^ a b Martha E. Pollack Archived 2017-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, Office of the Provost, University of Michigan, and Curriculum vitae Archived 2017-07-28 at the Wayback Machine, both retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ University of Michigan Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs. "Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (University of Michigan) Supplemental Files". University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ Martha E. Pollack publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ "IBM Elects Martha E. Pollack to its Board of Directors". IBM News Room. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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