Subbarao Kambhampati (Rao) is a professor of computer science at Arizona State University and is the current president of the Association for the Advancement of AI (AAAI). His research focuses on automated planning and decision-making, especially in the context of human-aware AI systems. He is an award-winning teacher and spends significant time pondering the public perceptions and societal impacts of AI. He was an NSF young investigator and is a fellow of AAAI. He served the AI community in multiple roles, including as the program chair for IJCAI 2016 and program co-chair for AAAI 2005. Rao received his bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and his PhD from University of Maryland, College Park. More information can be found at rakaposhi.eas.asu.edu.
