Milind Tambe, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), has earned the esteemed 2024 AAAI Award for AI for the Benefit of Humanity. This recognition applauds Tambe’s pioneering use of innovative AI techniques in public safety, security, conservation, and public health, impacting humanity on a global scale.
Expressing gratitude, Tambe acknowledges the contributions of his current and former PhD students and postdocs in the realm of AI for social impact. He eagerly anticipates discussing their latest work during his keynote at AAAI 2024.
Tambe, also the director of the Center for Research on Computation and Society and the Teamcore Research Group on Agents and Multiagent Systems, leads a lab harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning across diverse domains. His projects include AI applications in conservation in Cambodia, supporting maternal health NGOs in India, and implementing HIV prevention strategies in high-risk communities.
Furthermore, Tambe is a trailblazer in applying computational game theory to public safety and security. His research significantly aids security agencies like the US Coast Guard and the US Transportation Security Administration in optimally allocating scarce security resources.
Joining Harvard SEAS in 2019 after 25 years in the computer science department at the University of Southern California, Tambe holds a master’s degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.
Tambe is set to receive the 2024 AAAI Award for AI for the Benefit of Humanity at the AAAI-24 Conference in Vancouver, Canada, this February.
