Yolanda Gil

Gil joined the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California (USC) in 1992.^[5][2] She is a research professor of Computer Science and Spatial Sciences, Senior Director for AI and Data Science Initiatives, and director of the Center for AI Research for Health.^[5]

Gil was elected the chair of SIGAI the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Artificial Intelligence for two terms, from 2010 to 2016.^[5]

She was president of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence for 2018 to 2020.^[5][2]

She was elected a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) in 2012,^[5][7] a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in 2016 "for leadership in advancing the use of artificial intelligence in support of science, and for service to the community",^[8] and an Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2021, "for contributions to geoscience and scientific discovery with intelligent workflow systems".^[9] She was also elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 "for outstanding contributions to the field of artificial intelligence for supporting scientific discovery",^[10] and a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society (CSS) in 2024 for contributions in cognitive frameworks for scientific discovery, scientific collaboration, and managing to-do lists.^[11]

In 2022, Gil became the first computer scientist to receive the Geological Society of America M. Lee Allison Award for Outstanding Contributions to Geoinformatics and Data Science.^[12]

• Yolanda Gil publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Yolanda Gil interview with PC Magazine