Saleema Amershi
Partner Research Manager at Microsoft
Greater Seattle Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaleema Amershi is a Partner Research Manager at Microsoft Research AI Frontiers who leads interdisciplinary teams developing human-AI collaboration and agentic platform technologies, currently heading the Human-AI eXperiences (HAX) team. With a PhD from the University of Washington and more than a decade at Microsoft (plus internships at Google and IBM), she blends deep academic rigor with sustained product-focused research leadership. She co-chairs Microsoft’s Aether Working Group on Human-AI Interaction and Collaboration, shaping responsible and ethical AI practices across the company. Known for translating human-centered research into real-world systems, she focuses on harnessing both people and autonomous agents to solve complex problems.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of WashingtonMaster of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at The University of British Columbia
Github Skills (9)
autogen10
chatgpt10
ai10
agentic10
nlp4
testing4
machine-learning3
natural-language-processing3
machine-learning-models3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
samershi/samershi.github.io
Feb 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
microsoft/ELT
Dec 2016 - Feb 2017
Embedded Learning Toolkit
Contributions:51 commits in 1 month
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