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Brinnae Bent, PhD

Executive in Residence, Master of Engineering in Artificial Intelligence

Bio

Brinnae Bent, PhD, is a faculty member in Artificial Intelligence at Duke University, a Responsible AI research scientist, and a startup advisor. She is a leader in bridging the gap between research and industry in machine learning, having led projects and developed algorithms for the largest companies in the world. More importantly, she has built algorithms that have meaningful impacts - from helping people walk to noninvasively monitoring glucose. Brinnae is an accomplished researcher and ML practitioner, with over 30 publications and a breadth of experience developing algorithms across domains including health/wellness, sports, privacy, interior design, and energy. Her research on digital biomarkers is world-renowned and her emerging work on Responsible AI strives to solve important problems in the application of AI to real-world problems. Brinnae also curates a weekly tech newsletter called “Spill the GPTea”. Outside of work, Brinnae is a mother, an ultramarathoner, and an artist.