Vivienne Ming

Career and research After earning her PhD, Ming held a joint postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley, which she later joined as a research scientist and visiting scholar. Ming has been involved with various organizations that challenge poor education and health policy. She co-founded the think tank Socos, which consults on artificial intelligence, neuroscience and education reform. She has demonstrated that the metrics used in hiring have little influence on workplace success. 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. 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.

Awards and recognition In May 2017, Ming delivered a TEDx Talk about how to make a better person. She has spoken about machine learning at Singularity University in Brazil. She spoke about artificial intelligence and neural networks at the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Society in 2018. She has appeared on the PC Magazine podcast Fast Forward. She has been featured on BBC Radio 4 and NPR.

Ming was included in the BBC's "Top 100 Women 2017" and the Financial Timess “The OUTstanding lists: LGBT leaders and allies today", along with other awards and acknowledgments.