Abebe will be first black woman to receive computer science Ph.D. from Cornell

Rediet Abebe, S.M. ’16 (applied math) will become the first black woman to earn a computer science Ph.D. from Cornell University when she graduates on Dec. 21.

Abebe’s research focuses on AI for social good. She designs and deploys algorithmic, discrete optimization, network-based, and computational techniques to improve access to opportunity for historically disadvantaged communities. She is also a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows.

Read more in the Cornell Daily Sun.