Savannah Thais
Measurement of AI for science and society
- Role
- Founder and Research Director at Community Insight And Impact Cii
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Savannah Thais
Dr. Savannah Thais\' research focuses on measurement of and with AI. Drawing on her background in particle physics, she develops systematic approaches to evaluate AI systems in critical areas of science and society. Her work includes designing domain-informed benchmarks, advancing mechanistic interpretability methods, and exploring how AI can be responsibly integrated into scientific discovery. Her research is highly interdisciplinary, and often pulls from diverse fields including physics, philosophy, law, public health, and sociology.More broadly, Dr. Thais is interested in understanding the societal impacts of emerging technologies and in how we can use (or resist) AI to help build a more just and equitable future. She is dedicated to academic and public service and currently serves on Panel for Public Affairs of the American Physical Society and the Community Board for her home neighborhood of Bushwick.
Experience
Founder and Research Director
Community Insight And Impact Cii
Apr 2020 — Present
Education
University of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics and Mathematics
2010 — 2014
Yale University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Physics
2014 — 2020
Skills
- Research
- C++
- C
- Particle Physics
- Analysis
- Physics
- Machine Learning
- Root
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- Python
- Public Speaking
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Data Analysis
- Spanish
- Social Media
- Science Outreach
- Powerpoint
- Teaching
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