Eric Horvitz

Eric Horvitz is the Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft, where he leads initiatives that bridge scientific discovery, technology, and societal impact, with a strategic focus on AI. He has made significant contributions to AI theory and practice, particularly in reasoning and decision-making under uncertainty, earning the Feigenbaum Prize and the Allen Newell Award for his work. Dr. Horvitz is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Association for the Advancement of AI (AAAI), and the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). He serves on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director working group on AI, and advisory boards for the Allen Institute for AI and Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI). He has served as the president of AAAI and on the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, as well as advisory committees for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the National Science Foundation, and DARPA. Dr. Horvitz holds MD and PhD degrees from Stanford University. For more information and a list of his publications, visit https://erichorvitz.com.