Daphne Koller

I am a Professor in the Stanford AI Lab,at the Computer Science Department at Stanford University. I joined the department in September 1995.

Returning to Stanford was a homecoming for me, since in 1993 I completed my PhD at Stanford. In between, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Computer Science Division at UC Berkeley. Before that, I did my masters and undergraduate degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Here is a slightly more formal bio:

Professional History

September 2006 – present:
Professor, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
September 2001 – September 2006:
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
September 1995 – September 2001:
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University
October 1993 – August 1995:
Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley
with Professor Stuart Russell
Ph.D Computer Science, Stanford University 1989-1993
Dissertation: From Knowledge to Belief
Advisor: Professor Joseph Y. Halpern
M.Sc. Computer Science, summa cum laude
Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1985-1986
Dissertation: Token Survival – Resilient Token Algorithms
Advisor: Professor Danny Dolev
B.Sc. Mathematics & Computer Science, cum laude
Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1982-1985

ACM/Infosys Award, 2008.
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, 2004.
Appointed Oswald G. Villard Fellow for Undergraduate Teaching, Stanford University, 2004.
Elected Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2004.
IJCAI 2001 Computers and Thought Award. If you want to see a version of my talk (without the animations) click here. (I’m sorry to say that some of the slides only show up well on advanced versions of Internet Explorer.)
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 1999. (I got to visit the White House when I got this award
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 1999.
Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, 1996
Arthur L. Samuel Award for best thesis in the Computer Science Department, Stanford University, 1994
University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993–1995
Rothschild Graduate Fellowship, 1989-1990