Scholar
Regina Barzilay
Google Scholar ID: 6jv2-OYAAAAJ
Professor of EECS, MIT
Citations & Impact
Citations
32,380
H-index
82
i10-index
206
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- MacArthur Fellow
- Recipient of a $1 million AI prize for breakthroughs in breast cancer detection and drug discovery
- Developed an AI diagnostic tool that predicts breast cancer years before symptoms appear
- Advocates for transparency, equity, and fairness in medical AI systems
- Explored machine learning for automatic translation of undeciphered ancient languages
Background
- School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health at MIT
- AI Faculty Lead at the Jameel Clinic
- Faculty member at MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL)
- Research focuses on oncology and machine learning for drug discovery
- Aims to leverage AI for early cancer detection, disease progression modeling, and personalized therapy
- Develops NLP systems to extract cancer-relevant features from clinical documents
- Builds deep learning models for mammogram analysis with emphasis on early detection
- Advances ML methods for molecular representation, de-novo design, and retrosynthesis to transform drug discovery