Professor Daniela Rus

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniela Rus is the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT. Prof.

Rus's research interests are in robotics and artificial intelligence. The key focus of her research is to develop the science and engineering of autonomy and intelligence. Prof. Rus served as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the Defense Innovation Board, and as a USA expert for ZGlobal Partnerships in AI. She is a senior visiting fellow at MITRE Corporation. She currently serves on the board of directors of Symbotic, SymphonyAI, and Mass Robotics. She is the co-founder and board member of LiquidAI, ThemisAI, and Venti Technologies.

Prof. Rus is a MacArthur Fellow, a fellow of ACM, IEEE, AAAI and AAAS, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the recipient of the Engelberger Award for robotics, the John Scott medal, the IEEE Edison Medal, IEEE Robotics and Automation technical award, and the IJCAI John McCarthy Award. She earned her PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University. Prof. Rus aspires to help build a world where robotics and AI systems help with people with physical and cognitive work, accelerate scientific discovery, and enable solutions to the grand challenges facing humanity. She is the co-author of the books The Heart and The Chip (March 2024) and The Mind’s Mirror (August 2024).