Jessie J. Smith (Jess) is a data scientist at Spotify, working on the Trust & Safety team where she designs, evaluates, and reports on responsible AI efforts.
Jess received her PhD in Information Science at The University of Colorado Boulder, where she researched machine learning and AI ethics with an emphasis on algorithmic fairness and harm mitigation. Jess was also selected and funded as a Google PhD Fellow during her doctorate degree.
Previous Industry Internships & Consulting Work:
- Adobe's Generative AI Evaluation Team (Fall 2024)
- Allen AI Institute's Ethics & Society Team (Fall/Spring 23-24)
- Spotify's Algorithmic Impact Team (Summer 2022)
- Apple's Machine Learning Robustness Team (Spring 2022)
- Microsoft's FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in AI) Team (Summer 2021)
Jess was also the co-host and co-founder of The Radical AI Podcast---where she discussed the most pressing issues of AI and society with world-renowned experts such as Ruha Benjamin and Timnit Gebru, which reached hundreds of thousands of downloads across more than 50 countries globally.
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Speaker Bio
Jessie J. Smith (Jess) is a data scientist on Spotify’s Trust & Safety team, where she researches responsible AI and evaluates machine learning ecosystems for trust, safety and harm. She holds a PhD in Information Science from the University of Colorado Boulder, where her research focused on best practices for evaluating ML fairness and designing responsible AI systems. Her work has been supported by and conducted in collaboration with leading tech organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, and the Allen Institute for AI.
