Virginia Dignum

Virginia Dignum
Virginia Dignum at Smart ABC - AI Expert Round Table in 2017
Born
Maria Virgínia Ferreira de Almeida Júdice Gamito

(1964-05-02) 2 May 1964
EducationUniversity of Lisbon
Free University of Amsterdam
Utrecht University
Known forArtificial Intelligence
SpouseFrank Dignum
Scientific career
InstitutionsDelft University of Technology
Umeå University
ThesisA Model for Organizational Interaction Based on Agents, Founded in Logic (2004)
Doctoral advisorJohn-Jules C. Meyer
Frank Dignum
Hans Weigand

Maria Virgínia Ferreira de Almeida Júdice Gamito Dignum (born 2 May 1964, in Lisbon, Portugal) is a Dutch-Portuguese researcher on Artificial Intelligence. She is Professor of Computer Science at Umeå University, and an Guest Professor at University of Amsterdam. She leads the Responsible Artificial intelligence research group and is director of the AI Policy Lab. Her research and writing considers responsible AI and the development evaluation of human-agent team work, thereby aligning with Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence themes.