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The Center for Applied Artificial Intelligence achieves impact at scale.

CAAI is transforming our understanding of AI as applied to business and society. We develop insights and tools  to solve business and social problems with AI, and we equip the next generation of leaders with the insight and expertise to be successful in a world where AI fundamentally impacts how we do business. 

Leadership

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Sanjog Misra

Faculty Co-Director

Sanjog Misra is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at Chicago Booth. His research focuses on the use of machine learning, deep learning and structural econometric methods to study consumer and firm decisions. In particular, his research involves building data-driven models aimed at understanding how consumers make choices and investigating firm decisions pertaining to pricing, targeting and salesforce management issues.

Sanjog Misra
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Sendhil Mullainathan

Faculty Co-Director

Sendhil Mullainathan is the Roman Family University Professor of Computation and Behavioral Science at Chicago Booth. His current research uses machine learning to understand complex problems in human behavior, social policy, and especially medicine, where computational techniques have the potential to uncover biomedical insights from large-scale health data. 

Sendhil Mullainathan
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Emily Joy Bembeneck

Director

Emily leads operations and strategy for the Center, building partnerships with industry, academia, and policymakers. Previously, she was in ed-tech and digital learning, building partnerships between industry and higher education. Her background is in digital storytelling, having earned her PhD at the University of Michigan, focusing on narrative and digital media.

Emily Joy Bembeneck

Staff & Research Team

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Manaswini Aitha

Full Stack Developer

Manaswini Aitha
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Rafael Batista

PhD Student Rafael Batista
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Peter Chang

Predoctoral Fellow

Peter Chang
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Lauren Doan

Sr. Assistant Director, Programming

Lauren Doan
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Caitlin Ellithorpe

Visual Designer

Caitlin Ellithorpe
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Arshia Elyaderani

Predoctoral Fellow

Arshia Elyaderani
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Nick Foster

Data Scientist, Nightingale

Nick Foster
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Ester Muzychuk

Predoctoral Fellow

Ester Muzychuk
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Josh Risley

Director of Engineering, Nightingale

Josh Risley
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James Ross

Associate Director & Lab Manager

James Ross
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Abigail Scott

Events & Communications Manager

Abigail Scott
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Florence Ukeni

Communications & Design Intern

Florence Ukeni
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Tarun Yadav

Predoctoral Fellow

Tarun Yadav
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Kevin Yee

PhD Student

Kevin Yee

Faculty Affiliates

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Milan van den Heuvel

Economist-in-Residence, BNP Paribas Fortis Bank; Scientific Director, Research through Banking Initiative, Ghent University

Milan van den Heuvel
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Alex Imas

Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics and Vasilou Faculty Scholar, Chicago Booth

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Jens Ludwig

Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor, UChicago Harris School of Public Policy

Jens Ludwig
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Ziad Obermeyer

Blue Cross of California Distinguished Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Berkeley School of Public Health

Ziad Obermeyer
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Ashesh Rambachan

Assistant Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ashesh Rambachan
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Jann Spiess

Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Jann Spiess

Steering Committee

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Devin Pope

Steven G. Rothmeier Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow

Devin Pope
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Dacheng Xiu

Professor of Econometrics and Statistics

Dacheng Xiu
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Veronika Rockova

Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, and James S. Kemper Foundation Faculty Scholar

Veronika Rockova
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Alex Todorov

Leon Carroll Marshall Professor of Behavioral Science and Richard Rosett Faculty Fellow

Alex Todorov

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