Dhireesha Kudithipudi

Dhireesha Kudithipudi (Senior Member, IEEE) is currently a Professor and founding Director of the AI Consortium at the University of Texas, San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA, and the Robert F McDermott Chair in Engineering. Her team has developed comprehensive neocortex and cerebellum based architectures with nonvolatile memory, hybrid plasticity models, and ultralow precision architectures. She is passionate about transdisciplinary and inclusive research training in AI fields. Her research interests include neuromorphic AI, low-power machine intelligence, brain-inspired accelerators, and use-inspired research. Dr. Kudithipudi was the recipient of the Clare Booth Luce Scholarship in STEM and the 2018 Technology Women of the Year in Rochester.