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Jeannette M. Wing is the Executive Vice President for Research and Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, Columbia University. She joined Columbia in 2017 as the inaugural Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, where she had been a faculty member since 1985 and served twice as Head of the Computer Science Department.
- S.B., S.M., Ph.D. in Computer Science — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Honorary Doctorate of Technology — Linköping University, Sweden
Her research is centered on trustworthy AI, encompassing security and privacy, formal methods, specification and verification, distributed systems, and software engineering. She is renowned for foundational contributions to linearizability and behavioral subtyping, and her 2006 essay on Computational Thinking revolutionized the perception of computer science as a universal problem-solving paradigm.
Wing has served in numerous leadership roles across academia, government, and industry, including Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Research (2013–2017) and Assistant Director at the National Science Foundation (2007–2010). She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and holds fellowships from ACM, IEEE, AAAS, and the National Academy of Innovators.
Selected Honors and Fellowships:
- CRA Distinguished Service Award (2011)
- ACM Distinguished Service Award (2014)
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Fellow, IEEE
- Fellow, AAAS
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Honorary Doctorate, Linköping University
She has advised numerous national and institutional initiatives as a board or steering committee member of organizations including the Computing Research Association, American Academy for Arts and Sciences, AAU Senior Research Officers, Chan-Zuckerberg New York Biohub, and Empire AI. She has served on the editorial boards of 12 journals, including the Journal of the ACM and Communications of the ACM.
Wing leads Columbia’s research vision and continues to influence data science and trustworthy AI through policy, research, and thought leadership. She is affiliated with Columbia’s Foundations of Data Science and Cybersecurity centers.
