Artificial Intelligence: Innovation at the Speed of Trust

John Stockton, Ph.D., is co-founder of Quantifind, where he leads efforts to adapt their technology for entity risk screening at banks to defense and law enforcement applications mapping malign activity from open source data. He helps guide Quantifind’s data scientists as they develop models to discover risk signals and integrate unstructured data into a comprehensive knowledge graph. As a Hertz fellow, his prior atomic physics research at Caltech and Stanford focused on signal extraction for quantum metrology.

Carol Smith is a senior research scientist in human-machine interaction at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute and an adjunct instructor for CMU’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. Carol has been conducting research to improve the human experience across industries for over 20 years and has been working to integrate ethics and improve experiences with AI systems, autonomous vehicles, and other emerging technologies since 2015. Carol is recognized globally as a leader in user experience, is an ACM Distinguished Speaker, an IEEE working group member for the P7008 Standard, and an editor for the Journal of Usability Studies. She has an M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction from DePaul University.

Bryce Goodman is a philosopher, technologist and entrepreneur working at the intersection of emerging technology and global challenges. He is currently Chief Strategist for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the Department of Defense’s Innovation Unit, where he oversees a range of large-scale projects including the implementation of AI for humanitarian assistance and disaster response, predictive maintenance, counter-disinformation, predictive health, and leads the Responsible AI Working Group. Bryce also supports programs on AI for environmental monitoring and conservation as Kravis Senior Contributing Scientist and Innovation Fellow at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), teaches bioethics and ethics of exponentials at Singularity University and served as external advisor to the US National Security Commission on AI and European Research Council. His current and past consulting clients include Google, NEC Corporation, Deloitte, LG, Citibank, Barclays, World Bank, Blackstone, United Nations, NASA, US Department of State, CIA, and the UK Cabinet Office.

Previously, Bryce co-founded a cleantech startup and successfully raised over $100m led by Kleiner Perkins. Bryce's awards include Forbes 30 under 30 (Energy & Industry), Harvard Business School Best New Venture and World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. He is a graduate of Deep Springs College, the University of Oxford (Clarendon Scholar; first class honours) and Singularity University, and holds degrees in data science, philosophy, political science and economics.