Intnl Bus. Mach IBM Elects Martha E. Pollack to Its Board of Directors
December 11 2018 - 12:07PM
UK Regulatory
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The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today elected Martha E.
Pollack to the board, effective February 1, 2019.
Dr. Pollack, 60, is the 14th president of Cornell University.
She is a computer scientist and a leader in the field of artificial
intelligence. Dr. Pollack joined Cornell in 2017 after serving for
more than three years as the provost and executive vice president
of academic affairs at the University of Michigan, where she had
previously served as vice provost and as a dean.
Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive
officer, said: "Martha Pollack is a renowned AI researcher and
technologist and an expert in AI. We are excited about adding her
skills and expertise to the IBM board. Her perspective on education
and the use of technology to improve lives will be great assets to
IBM and to our shareholders."
Dr. Pollack has published extensively on artificial
intelligence, on topics ranging from natural-language processing to
automated planning and temporal reasoning. Her research has had a
significant focus on the design of AI technologies to assist people
with cognitive impairment. Dr. Pollack has been a senior computer
scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Center for SRI
International, Inc. and served as director of the University of
Pittsburgh's Intelligent Systems Program prior to joining the
University of Michigan in 2000.
Dr. Pollack holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and
a master's degree in computer and information science from the
University of Pennsylvania, where she also earned her PhD in
1986.
IBMEdward Barbini, 914-499-6565barbini@us.ibm.com
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