Faculty DirectoryKristian J. Hammond
Professor of Computer Science
Bill and Cathy Osborn Professor
Contact
2233 Tech DriveMudd Room 3109
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
847-467-1012Email Kristian Hammond
Website
Centers
Center for Advancing Safety of Machine Intelligence
Departments
Affiliations
Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence
Education
Ph.D. Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT
M.S. Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT
B.A. Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, CT
TedX Chicago: Humanizing the Machine with Language
TedX Northwestern: Machine Consciousness
AI at Northwestern: Partnerships with the Machine
Research Interests
Expert Areas
- Artificial intelligence
- Natural language generation
- Narrative Generation
- Conversational Interfaces
- The Future of Work
- Robots and Jobs
- Machine Learning
- Computers and the law
- Computers and education
- Computers and Journalism
- Ethics and Robots
- Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
- Computational Creativity
Research
- Developing human capabilities onto machines
- Co-founded Narrative Science, a startup that uses artificial intelligence and journalism to turn information from raw data into natural language
- Integrating Computer Science and Artificial Intelligent into all aspects of life
Selected Publications
Please don't Hire a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
Harvard Business Review
March 29, 2017
Why this Company will Help Change the Future of Artificial Intelligence
Computer World
February 8, 2017
5 unexpected sources of bias in artificial intelligence
Tech Crunch
December 10, 2016
Artificial Intelligence: Transparency isn’t Just a Trend
Computer World
January 12, 2017
Artificial Intelligence, APIs and the Transformation of Computer Science
Computer World
September 21 , 2016
Ai and Cognitive Computing Systems in Financial Services
The International Institute for Analytics
September 20, 2016
Conversation as Interface: the 5 Types of Chatbots
Computer World
July 13, 2016
Choosing an Artificial Intelligence Solution: Start with the Business Challenge
The International Institute for Analytics
July 20, 2016
How Artificial Intelligence Explains Analytics
The International Institute for Analytics
May 19, 2016
Ethics and Artificial Intelligence: The Moral Compass of a Machine
Recode
April 13, 2016
Teaching Machines To Avoid Our Mistakes
Recode
April 29, 2016
The Intelligent Systems Eco-System
The International Institute for Analytics
April 21, 2016
Don’t Make Poets Become Programmers
Computer World
May 12, 2015
Stop Drowning Your Data Scientists in Drudgery
Computer World
December 2, 2015
Why I’ll Never Visit the Gym Without a Data Scientist
Computer World
November 9, 2015
Top 3 Arguments for how Machines and Humans will Coexist in the Future
Computer World
October 26, 2015
Why Artificial Intelligence is Succeeding: Then and Now
Computer World
September 12, 2015
How Artificial Intelligence Explains Analytics
Computer World
June 19, 2015
Computer World
May 11, 2015