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Emily E. Reid

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Emily is a computer scientist, writer, and entrepreneur.

Whether engineering mission-critical systems for national security, conducting Ivy League machine learning research, building an international movement to teach girls to code, or leading a historic turnaround for an artificial intelligence nonprofit, Emily's work has always asked: "How do we build technology that serves humanity?"

She founded Hypatia Labs to answer that question.

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“Reid’s work has been pivotal in shaping the future of inclusion and AI literacy.”

— Altitude Accelerator

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Speaking & Interviews

From SXSW to NASDAQ to Female Quotient to Politico's AI Summit — and to U.S. embassies around the world as a U.S. State Department speaker — Emily brings a grounded, human-first read on AI to the rooms deciding its future. Below is a sampling of Emily’s publicly available panels, presentations, and interviews over the years.

Writing & Research

Emily’s writing has been featured in international outlets, and she is a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project and Equality Now on Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls. She has also published academic work in machine learning, cybersecurity, and computing education. Emily writes regularly at Hypatia Labs’ project, The Stillpoint.

Selected Published Writing

In Her Own Words: AI leader Emily Reid’s male lab partner doubted her intelligence (The Business Journals)

Without Universal AI Literacy, AI Will Fail Us (WEF)

Changing the Face of AI through Youth Education (Urban Libraries Council)

Happy Father’s Day, Dad: I’m a Computer Scientist Because of You (Medium)

Harassment Rife at Hacker Conference (FT)

Selected Academic Work

Gender and Power: How Gender and Gender Environment Affect Manifestations of Power (EMNLP)

Teaching Introductory Computer Science for a Diverse Student Body (ACM SIGCSE)

Conceptual Framework for Cyber Defense Information Sharing within Trust Relationships (NATO International Conference on Cyber Conflict)

The State of Security Automation Standards (MITRE)

Advisory

Emily has been a board member and advisor to technology nonprofits and projects including AI4K12, TeachAI, Moms First’s PaidLeave.AI, Palm Beach Tech (now South Florida Tech Hub and 1909), Code Palm Beach, and The Concord Consortium’s StoryQ.

She also regularly advises industry leaders, journalists, and international organizations on strategic developments in AI, education, workforce, and security:

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Your Intelligence Isn’t Artificial.

AI only works when humans lead.
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