Eric Horvitz

Chief Scientific Officer of Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States

About

Microsoft’s Chief Scientific Officer, spearheading company-wide initiatives, navigating opportunities and challenges at the confluence of scientific frontiers, technology, and society, including strategic efforts in AI, medicine, and the biosciences. Research centers on challenges with machine learning, reasoning, and action amidst the complexities of the open world, and mechanisms that support human-AI interaction and complementarity. Efforts and collaborations have led to the fielding of AI technologies in healthcare, transportation, aerospace, and computing applications. Beyond scientific work, pursue programs, organizations, and studies on ethics, values, and safety with applications and influences of AI. Inducted into National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, and CHI Academy. Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of AI (AAAI), Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).

Experience

  • Microsoft (32 yrs 10 mos)
    • Chief Scientific Officer
      Mar 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 4 mos

    • Director, Microsoft Research
      Apr 2017 - Mar 2020 · 3 yrs

    • Technical Fellow and Director, Microsoft Research - Redmond Lab
      Aug 2015 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee at Fund for Science and Technology
    Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  • Board of Trustees at The Jackson Laboratory
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) (7 yrs 5 mos)
    • Distinguished Fellow
      May 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 2 mos

    • Member of Advisory Board
      Feb 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

  • Board of Directors & Technical Advisory Council at Every Cure
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos