Niloufar Salehi

Niloufar Salehi is an Associate Professor at the School of Information, UC Berkeley, with affiliations in EECS and the Berkeley AI Research Lab (BAIR). She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University (2018). Her research focuses on Human-Centered AI, particularly in healthcare, education, and restorative justice. Key projects include improving machine translation reliability in medical contexts, designing equitable school assignment algorithms, and applying restorative justice principles to address online harm. She advises PhD students through the School of Information and EECS programs.

Her work has been recognized with awards such as the W. T. Grant Foundation Scholarship and an Outstanding Paper Award at EMNLP 2023. She collaborates with NVIDIA’s generative AI advisory board and leads projects funded by NSF and industry partners. Notable publications explore topics like algorithmic fairness, AI in healthcare, and the design of participatory systems. Her teaching includes courses on HCI research and human-centered AI design.

She has advised notable alumni such as Liza Gak (Sesame Workshop) and Samantha Robertson (Abridge). Her research extends to understanding the societal impact of AI, including ethical implications of generative models and algorithmic transparency.