Dr. Mihaela Ulieru’s career story is one of consistent innovation. From early passions in creative arts to leading-edge work in Artificial Intelligence, her path reveals a steady commitment: using technology for the benefit of people. This dedication has shaped her successful academic life, recognized not only by awards and impactful mentorship, including Garrett Camp, a co-founder of Uber but also by a distinguished career as an AI Professor.
A pioneer in the field of multi-agent systems, Dr. Ulieru has also chaired several epic conferences, initiated and led by her. Her academic impact is further underscored by over 100 peer-reviewed publications.
Now, as the Chief AI Alchemist at SingularityNET, she is a key voice in a vital movement to make AI decentralized, ethically grounded, and focused on human needs.
From Creative Sparks to Technological Vision
Dr. Ulieru’s journey began with a natural curiosity and a drive to create. “Creativity drove me,” she says, looking back at her school and career beginnings. “I always wanted to see things differently, to find less obvious perspectives.” This creative spirit first found expression in poetry and music. She wrote poems as a child and started composing music at nine, after receiving a piano. Later, in high school, mathematics captured her imagination. This “mathematics bug,” as she fondly calls it, ultimately steered her towards robotics and computer science in university.
This shift to technology was not just about technical skills. It was about using systems and solutions to explore AI’s potential. Driven by a desire for deep knowledge, she pursued a PhD and further studies, specializing in AI and robotics.
Yet, amidst the complex equations and cutting-edge research, her “North Star” remained constant. “My passion for designing distributed systems that become ultimately technologies for empowerment which can enable ‘we the people’ to co-create collective thriving communities, was always my North Star,” says Dr. Ulieru.
This guiding principle would ultimately shape her most ambitious endeavor – SingularityNET.
