Martha Pollack
Martha Pollack | |
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Pollack in 2017 | |
| 14th President of Cornell University | |
| In office April 17, 2017 – June 30, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Elizabeth Garrett |
| Succeeded by | Michael Kotlikoff |
| Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University of Michigan | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Philip J. Hanlon |
| Succeeded by | Martin Philbert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Martha Elizabeth Pollack August 27, 1958 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Spouse | Ken Gottschlich |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MA, PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Inferring domain plans in question-answering (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bonnie Webber |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Artificial intelligence |
| Institutions | |
Martha Elizabeth Pollack (born August 27, 1958) is an American computer scientist who served as the 14th president of Cornell University from April 2017 to June 2024. From 2013 to 2017, she was the 14th provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan.
Pollack's research specialty is artificial intelligence, where her contributions include works in planning, natural language processing, and activity recognition for cognitive assistance. She also serves on the board of directors of IBM.