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The A.I. Revolution in Space Exploration

RSVP Required Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

​Please join the Belfer Center’s Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy (DETS) Program for a seminar titled “The A.I. Revolution in Space Exploration” on Thursday, March 28th at 1:30 PM in NYE B (Taubman-520). Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP here. 

Dr. Steve Chien, Co-Head of the Artificial Intelligence Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be presenting on applications of artificial intelligence in mission design, operational efficiency, and the search for life beyond Earth.

Date: Time: - Location: Taubman Building - Nye B, 5th Floor

Featured Speaker

Dr. Steve Chien

Dr. Steve Chien

Dr. Steve Chien is a JPL Fellow, Senior Research Scientist, and (Co-) Head of the Artificial Intelligence Group, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. He has played a key role in the deployment of AI software to a wide range of missions including: Autonomous Sciencecraft on EO-1, Earth Observing Sensorweb, WATCH on MER, IPEX, ESA’s Rosetta, ECOSTRESS, OCO-3, and the M2020/Perseverance Rover at Mars.  Dr. Chien has received numerous awards for these efforts. He has been recognized four times in the NASA Software of the Year competition (1999, 1999, 2005, and 2011). He has received four NASA Medals for his work in AI for Space (1997, 2000, 2007, 2015). In 2011 He was awarded the inaugural AIAA Intelligent Systems Award, for his contributions to Spacecraft Autonomy. In 2015 he was awarded a JPL Magellan Award as well as the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for his contributions to automated science scheduling for ESA's Rosetta mission. Dr. Chien has supported the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Sciences Board studies on Autonomy, from 2018-2021 he was as a congressionally appointed to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, and he is currently on the Army Science Board.