Martha E. Pollack
Martha Elizabeth Pollack (born August 27, 1958)[1] is an American computer scientist who has served as the 14th president of Cornell University since April 2017. Previously, she served as the 14th provost and executive vice president for academic affairs of the University of Michigan from 2013 to 2017.[2][3]
Martha Pollack
Pollack's research specialty is artificial intelligence, where her contributions include works in planning, natural language processing, and activity recognition for cognitive assistance.[2][4] She also serves on the board of directors of IBM.[5]
Pollack is Jewish.[6]
Education[edit]
Pollack completed her undergraduate studies in linguistics at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1979.[2] She earned master's and doctoral degrees in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania, completing her Ph.D. in 1986 under the joint supervision of Bonnie Webber and Barbara J. Grosz.[2][7][8]