Dr. Carla Gomes

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Biography

Carla Gomes is the Ronald C. Antonia V. Nielsen Professor of Computing and Information Science and the director of the Institute for Computational Sustainability at Cornell University. She is also the co-director of the Cornell University AI Science Institute. Gomes received her Ph.D. in computer science with a focus on artificial intelligence from the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests lie primarily in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, encompassing large-scale constraint reasoning, optimization, and machine learning. Gomes has played a pivotal role in establishing the interdisciplinary field of Computational Sustainability, which seeks to develop computational methods to address critical environmental, economic, and societal challenges. She has been recognized as a leader in this field, having led multiple NSF Expeditions Computing awards and published over 200 works in prestigious venues, including Nature and Science. Her contributions have earned her significant accolades, including the 2021 ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award, and she has been named one of the most influential professors at Cornell University. Gomes is a Senior Fellow of Schmidt AI2050, and a Fellow of AAAI, ACM, and AAAS.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

Cornell University • Ithaca, NY

Director of the Institute for Computational Sustainability and co-director of the Cornell University AI Science Institute.

Awards

#2021

ACM–AAAI Allen Newell Award

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Feigenbaum Prize

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture