Dr. Fei-Fei Li is the inaugural Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, and a Founding Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute. She served as the Director of Stanford’s AI Lab from 2013 to 2018. Dr. Li was Vice President at Google and Chief Scientist of AI/ML at Google Cloud during her sabbatical from Stanford in 2017-2018. She has served as a Board member or advisor in various public or private companies, as well as the White House and United Nations. Dr. Li is currently the Co-founder/CEO of World Labs, a generative AI company focusing on Spatial Intelligence.

Dr. Fei-Fei Li obtained her B.A. degree in physics from Princeton in 1999 with High Honors, and her PhD degree in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2005. She has been recognized as Distinguished Alumni by both Princeton and Caltech in 2020 and 2024 respectively. She also holds Doctorate Degrees (Honorary) from Harvey Mudd College and Yale University.

Dr. Li is an elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). She is also a Fellow of ACM, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).