Fei-Fei Li

Fei-Fei Li is a pioneering computer scientist known for her foundational work in artificial intelligence, currently serving as the Sequoia Capital Professor at Stanford University and Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. After leading the development of ImageNet and the ImageNet Challenge, a foundational large-scale visual database and benchmarking effort credited with driving advancements in modern AI and deep learning, Fei-Fei Li became a pivotal figure in computer science. Dr. Li is currently the Sequoia Capital Professor at Stanford University and the founding Co-Director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) since 2019.

Her distinguished academic career began as an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2005 to 2006, followed by a tenure at Princeton University from 2007 to 2009 before she joined Stanford University in 2009. She went on to direct the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL) from 2013 to 2018. Dr. Li’s contributions to the field have earned her significant recognition, including an Alfred P.

She has also been a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) since 2020.