Our Adjunct Faculty Member Dr. Ece Kamar, has recently been recognized with the distinction of Distinguished Scientist title at Microsoft Research.
This distinction is indicative of the highest level of sustained individual technical impact and influence at the division or company level, deep individual technical knowledge and innovation in a critical area of expertise, personal accountability for business success, and industry impact.
An alumna of Sabanci University (BSc 2005) and Harvard University (PhD 2010), Dr. Ece Kamar is serving as the Managing Director of the MSR AI Frontiers Lab. As a renowned expert in human-AI collaboration, responsible AI, and agent-based systems, Kamar has made significant contributions to both fundamental capabilities and practical deployments. Her pioneering work on large language models (LLMs) has had a profound impact on the industry, addressing critical issues such as reducing hallucinations, mitigating adversarial behavior and hate speech, and enhancing performance through multi-agent and AI-human platforms. Ece’s personal research focuses on developing AI systems that can function reliably in the open world in collaboration with people. She has a decade of experience studying the impact of AI on society and developing AI systems that are reliable, unbiased, and trustworthy. She has been instrumental in building our Responsible AI efforts and serves as Technical Advisor for Microsoft’s Internal Committee on AI, Engineering and Ethics. As the Director of the AI Frontiers lab, she has guided MSR to invent and gain wide adoption of key AI technologies such as Autogen, Magentic One, Orca, and Phi. Beyond her technical achievements, Kamar is deeply committed to nurturing the next generation of technical leaders, demonstrating her dedication to mentorship and growth within the AI community.
We sincerely congratulate Ece Kamar for this well-deserved distinction!