Dr. Marian Croak, a member of the Princeton Class of 1977 and a vice president for responsible AI and human-centered technology at Google Research, will be one of the first two Black women inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2022. In this keynote conversation, Dr. Croak, an acclaimed researcher and inventor who holds more than 200 patents, discussed being an intrapreneur and influencer of change in large industry; how to increase access for women to engineering; and the importance of including perspectives from the liberal arts and humanities in technology development. Jennifer Rexford, Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor in Engineering and Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Princeton, led the conversation. Claudia Roberts, a Princeton University graduate student in computer science, introduced the session.
This session was part of Engage 2021, Princeton University's 2nd annual innovation and entrepreneurship conference. The conference was live streamed December 1-2, 2021. Engage brings together researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, industry, government and stakeholders from throughout the innovation ecosystem to catalyze the transformation of research into innovations that impact the world. Engage 2021 was hosted by Princeton Innovation and organized by the Office of Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relations. https://bit.ly/PrincetonEngage2021PlaylistSummary
Princeton Innovation is the University’s campus-wide initiative to extend the benefits of Princeton discoveries into the world to create solutions for humanity. Princeton Innovation emerges from the University’s commitment to service, research and education.
Session Date and Time: Thursday, December 2, 2021, 1:30 PM-2:15 PM ET
Speakers: Marian Croak - VP, Engineering - Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology, Google
Jennifer Rexford - Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor in Engineering; Professor and Chair, Dept. of Computer Science, Princeton University
Claudia V. Roberts - Graduate Student, Dept. of Computer Science, Princeton University
This session was organized by the Office of Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relations.
