Vivienne Ming

After earning her PhD, Ming held a joint postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley, which she later^[when?] joined as a research scientist and visiting scholar. Ming has been involved with various organizations that challenge poor education and health policy.^[11] She co-founded the think tank Socos, which consults on artificial intelligence, neuroscience and education reform.^[12][13] She has demonstrated that the metrics used in hiring have little influence on workplace success.^[12] She worked with Accenture on how they could train staff to be more creative.^[12]

Ming has published research on Artificial intelligence (AI) in education^[14] and created ”Muse”, a machine learning based tool for parents that recommends research-based activities to support young people's creativity, motivation, and emotional intelligence.^[15][16] She has led research showing that psychological constructs such as metacognition, socio-emotional competence, creativity, and curiosity significantly affect long-term life-outcomes such as health, productivity, educational attainment, and life satisfaction.^[17][18]

In May 2017 Ming delivered a TEDx Talk about how to make a better person.^[19] She has spoken about machine learning at Singularity University in Brazil.^[20] She spoke about artificial intelligence and neural networks at the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Society in 2018.^[11][21] She has appeared on the PC Magazine podcast Fast Forward.^[22] She has been featured on BBC Radio 4 and NPR.^[23][24]

Ming was included in the BBC's "Top 100 Women 2017"^[25] and the Financial Times's “The OUTstanding lists: LGBT leaders and allies today",^[26] along with other awards and acknowledgments.^[27][28][29]