{"id":20522,"date":"2020-03-24T12:45:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T19:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=20522"},"modified":"2023-08-06T12:45:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T19:45:50","slug":"women-in-stem-daphne-koller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/women-in-stem-daphne-koller\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in STEM: Daphne Koller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women in STEM: Daphne Koller<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1986, at just 18-years-old, <a href=\"http:\/\/ai.stanford.edu\/~koller\/index.html\">Daphne Koller<\/a> earned her Masters of Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and she was on her way. . .<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s that kind of drive and passion for the sciences that has taken her across the world to California, where she has studied, taught, and worked. Today, we\u2019re super excited about how she\u2019s converging AI and biotech to advance how we apply machine learning to human health so that people can lead longer and healthier lives.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A subset of artificial intelligence, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Machine_learning\">machine learning<\/a> is the scientific study of algorithms and statistical models that computer systems use to perform a specific task without using explicit instructions, relying on patterns and inference instead.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what makes Daphne the perfect choice to be featured on our blog this month, as she believes that machine learning will be able to come up with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/05\/21\/famed-founder-daphne-koller-tells-it-straight-with-most-drugs-we-do-not-understand-why-they-work\/\">novel insights that can hopefully cure disease<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get to this point, Daphne got her PhD from Stanford, where she became a professor of Computer Science and Pathology (the latter of which is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury).<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, she began forging her own path on a more formal basis in 2012, co-founding Coursera, an online education platform that collaborated with universities and organizations to offer courses, specializations, and degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2016, she started working at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calicolabs.com\/\">Calico Labs<\/a>, a research and development company, where her role focused on aging and therapeutics. According to Daphne, the goal was \u201cto develop and use advanced computational technologies and machine learning tools to better understand the biology of longevity and disease.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, she&#8217;s brought years of research and experience together to start her own drug development company, <a href=\"http:\/\/insitro.com\/team\">insitro<\/a>, where she\u2019s formed a team of scientists, engineers, and drug hunters who intend to \u201cbring better medicines to patients.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daphne\u2019s rewards and accolades are a testament to what she&#8217;s accomplished in her career. She\u2019s a MacArthur Fellow, receiving a \u201cgenius grant\u201d for her extraordinary originality and dedication to her creative pursuits. She\u2019s also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 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