Hava Siegelmann
Hava Siegelmann is an American computer scientist and Provost Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Biography
Siegelmann earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science at Rutgers University in 1993 under Eduardo Sontag. Her dissertation was on the hypercomputation. She earned an M.Sc. in Computer Science at Hebrew University in 1992 and a B.A. in Computer Science at the Technion in 1988.Siegelmann was a program manager of several DARPA AI programs including Lifelong Learning Machines, Guaranteeing AI Robustness Against Deception, and Cooperative Secure Learning. DARPA/DoD awarded her with the Meritorious [Public Service Medal] for her research and leadership.