Scholar
Yolanda Gil
Google Scholar ID: NDmGsCgAAAAJ
Research Professor of Computer Science, University of Southern California
Citations & Impact
Citations
6,046
H-index
34
i10-index
75
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published several papers, including 'AI Index Report' (2025), 'Envisioning National Resources for Artificial Intelligence Research: NSF Workshop Report' (2024), and 'A 20-Year Community Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Research in the US' (2019). Has received funding from various organizations such as the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Research Laboratory, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, JPMorgan Chase, Kavli Foundation, and more.
Research Experience
- Serves as Principal Scientist at USC/ISI, leading the Knowledge Capture and Discovery research group; Member of the National Science Board (2024-2030); Co-Director of the Stanford AI Index, working on the annual AI Index Report; Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science and in the Spatial Sciences Institute at USC.
Education
- Received her PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University before joining ISI in 1992. Her thesis focused on the acquisition of planning knowledge through the formulation of deliberate experiments with the environment.
Background
- Research interests include semantic workflows and metadata capture, social knowledge collection, provenance and trust, task-centered collaboration, and automated discovery. She is a Fellow and Senior Director for Major Strategic AI and Data Science Initiatives at USC's Information Sciences Institute (ISI), where she directs the Center on Artificial Intelligence for Health.
Miscellany
- Former President of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) (2018-2020) and Chair of the Special Interest Group in Artificial Intelligence (SIGAI) of the Association for Computing Machinery for two terms (2010-2016).
Co-authors