Three CMU researchers named 2026 AI2050 Early Career Fellows in $16M Schmidt Sciences program
AkariAsai · x · 2026-10-15
CMU LTI faculty Akari Asai and Daniel Fried, along with Robotics Institute's Andrea Bajcsy, were named 2026 AI2050 Early Career Fellows by Schmidt Sciences, joining 22 early-career researchers in this year's cohort.
- The program selected 28 researchers overall (including 6 senior fellows) and will provide up to $16 million over three years
- AI2050, launched in 2022, funds work on AI safety/reliability and AI-driven scientific discovery; Asai's focus is AI agents for open-ended scientific discovery
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