Sophie Williams first earned a First-Class Honours degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester, then a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Over the past ten years, Sophie has become quite skilled at the nexus of artificial intelligence research and practical application. Starting her career in a leading Boston artificial intelligence lab, she helped to develop projects including natural language processing and computer vision.
From research to business, Sophie has worked with several tech behemoths and creative startups, leading AI-driven product development teams targeted on creating intelligent solutions that improve user experience and business outcomes. Emphasizing openness, fairness, and inclusiveness, her passion is in looking at how artificial intelligence might be ethically included into shared technologies.
Regular tech writer and speaker Sophie is quite adept in distilling challenging AI concepts for application. She routinely publishes whitepapers, in-depth pieces for well-known technology conferences and publications all around, opinion pieces on artificial intelligence developments, ethical tech, and future trends. Sophie is also committed to supporting diversity in tech by means of mentoring programs and speaking events meant to inspire the next generation of female engineers.
Apart from her job, Sophie enjoys rock climbing, working on creative coding projects, and touring tech hotspots all around.