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Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi is a senior lecturer at Columbia University specializing in artificial intelligence within the Computer Science Department. He is the founder and director of the PRAISE Lab (Practice Research AI Science Education), where he leads innovative research at the intersection of AI, education, and scientific applications. With over a decade of teaching experience, Ansaf has educated hundreds of students annually through the development of the AI Micromasters program on EdX, impacting more than 250,000 learners across 200 countries since its launch in 2017. His commitment to AI education extends beyond academia as he is also the founder of Aiphabet Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing free, quality AI education to pre-college students. Ansaf is an accomplished researcher with 50 peer-reviewed publications and has received several accolades, including the Eighth Symposium EAAI New Future AI Educators award and a paper award from EGC in 2008. His academic journey began with an engineering degree in computer science from USTHB Algeria, followed by graduate studies at the University of Orleans, France, and post-doctoral research at INRIA Rennes.
Department of Anthropology (GSAS)