Dr. Rumman Chowdhury’s passion lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity. She comes to data science from a quantitative social science background, holding two undergraduate degrees from MIT, a master's degree in Quantitative Methods of the Social Sciences from Columbia University, and a doctorate in political science from the University of California, San Diego.

Currently, Dr. Rumman Chowdhury is a Senior Principal at Accenture, working on cutting-edge applications of Artificial Intelligence and leading their Strategic Global Initiative on Responsible Artificial Intelligence. In her role, she advises companies on ethical AI practices and works with organizations such as the World Economic Forum and the IEEE's Wellbeing Metrics Standard for Ethical Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems.

In 2017 she was selected as one of the BBC 100 women as a part of #Teamlead tasked with tackling the glass ceiling by creating an app that can teach women to "lean in" during meetings. She also serves on the Board of Directors for multiple AI startups and is an AI mentor for Katapult Accelerator, an impact tech accelerator in Oslo, Norway. Dr. Rumman Chowdhury is also a teacher and advisor at a data camp startup that helps refugees learn skills for the digital economy. She is a Forbes Tech contributing author and has been named one of 10 influential AI and machine learning experts to follow on Twitter by InformationWeek.