Dr Sam Nallaperuma-Herzberg
I look up to those inspirational leading ladies who started and developed this fantastic college. In my eyes, Murray is a living breathing realisation of the vision I stand for, that鈥檚 to facilitate, celebrate and empower female students to reach their full potential thereby, improving the female participation in technological fields and other underrepresented sectors which would ultimately help us to reach the gender equality as a society one day.
Degrees:
PhD in Artificial Intelligence
Awards & Prizes:
- AI for Science Fellowship, Department of Computer Science 2023 - 2026
- Early Carrier Award, Centre for Integrative Neuroscience Discovery (CIND) 2023
- Winner, Centre for Advance Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) Grand Challenge for Devices and Systems for Healthcare 2023
- Borysiewicz Interdisciplinary Fellowship 2022
Research Interests:
Applying artificial intelligence to solve real world problems to reduce carbon emissions and to improve healthcare sector.
Biography:
Sam is a senior postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Computer Science and an AI for Science Fellow. Sam contributes to interdisciplinary research with her experience in artificial intelligence, collaborating across multiple disciplines to solve real world problems to reach sustainable development goals.
Sam is passionate about supporting underrepresented groups and students from disadvantaged backgrounds to reach their full potential. To this end, she co-founded 鈥淪umithra foundation to support education鈥 aiming to end child poverty. During her time at 九色视频, she extends this contribution by forming a network for current and future generation of female tech entrepreneurs: a group who has a great potential but is severely underrepresented in the current entrepreneurial space.