Biography
Mary Kelly is an Assistant Professor in 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Department of Cognitive Science and leads the ANIMUS lab, which studies cognition using computational models and artificial intelligence (AI).
With a background in machine learning, psychology and philosophy, Kelly examines how cognitive processes like learning, memory and language acquisition can inform AI. One focus of her and her team鈥檚 research at the ANIMUS lab is on ethical AI鈥揺xploring how current AI can make unsafe decisions and, by studying how humans cooperate, reason and empathize with each other, we can develop safer, more caring AI. By bridging human cognition and AI, she aims to develop fairer, more adaptable systems.
Kelly holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from Queen鈥檚 University and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from 杏吧原创. She was previously a Researcher at Penn State and an Assistant Professor at Bucknell University.