Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva and Deputy CEO

Smart Eye

Senior Vice President and Director of Research

IBM

Leading the technology roadmap and the technical community of IBM , Dario Gil is responsible for directing innovation strategies in areas including hybrid clouds , AI , semiconductors , quantum computing , and exploratory science . Under his leadership , IBM became the first company in the world to build programmable quantum computers and make them universally available through the cloud . He is also responsible for IBM Research , one of the world ’ s largest and most influential corporate research labs , with over 3,000 researchers .

Rana el Kaliouby is an Egyptian American Scientist who co-founded Affectiva , a software company that builds AI with an understanding of human emotions , cognitive states , activities and the objects people use .

Dedicated to the ethical development and deployment of AI , el Kaliouby is part of Partnership of AI and the World Economic Forum ’ s Council of Young Global Leaders , driven by her passion to advocate for standards that ensure data privacy , and mitigate both data and algorithmic bias .

112 August 2022