Presenter

Christine Kirkpatrick leads the San Diego Supercomputer Center’s (SDSC) Research Data Services division, which manages large-scale infrastructure, networking, and services for research projects of regional and national scope. Her research is in data-centric AI, working at the intersection of ML and FAIR, with a focus on making AI more efficient to save on power consumption and 'time to science'. In addition to being PI of the EarthCube Office, Kirkpatrick founded the US GO FAIR Office, and is PI of the West Big Data Innovation Hub. She serves as the Secretary General of the International Science Council's Committee on Data (CODATA), co-Chairs the FAIR Digital Object Forum, and is on the National Academies of Sciences’ U.S. National Committee for the Committee on Data.