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Mahdi Soltanolkotabi is the director of the center on AI Foundations for the Sciences (AIF4S) at the University of Southern California. He holds the Andrew Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair and is an associate professor. Prior to joining USC, he completed his PhD in electrical engineering at Stanford University in 2014 and served as a postdoctoral researcher at the EECS department at UC Berkeley during the 2014-2015 academic year. His research focuses on the mathematical foundations of modern data science and artificial intelligence, characterizing behaviors and pitfalls of contemporary nonconvex learning optimization algorithms, and applications in AI reliability and trustworthiness. His work encompasses a range of specific interests, including mathematical foundations of data science, high-dimensional probability statistics, statistical inference, AI safety, deep learning, and biomedical sciences. Soltanolkotabi is dedicated to advancing the understanding and application of AI in healthcare and other critical areas.
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