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Cathy Wu is the Class of 1954 Career Development Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in the intersection of machine learning, optimization, and large-scale societal systems. Her recent research focuses on mixed-autonomy systems in mobility, exploring the integration of automation and self-driving cars within existing urban infrastructures. Cathy is committed to developing principled computational tools that enable reliable decision-making in complex societal contexts. Throughout her career, she has collaborated extensively across various fields, including transportation, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, urban planning, and public policy, along with partnerships at prestigious organizations like Microsoft Research, OpenAI, and Google X Self-Driving Car Team. Additionally, she is the founder and chair of the Interdisciplinary Research Initiative at the ACM Future Computing Academy, which aims to foster international research collaboration in computing.