Brian D. Uzzi
Brian Uzzi is the Richard Thomas Professor of Leadership at Northwestern University. He also co-directs the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), the Ryan Institute on Complexity, and holds professorships in sociology at Northwestern’s Weinberg College and in industrial engineering and management sciences at the McCormick School of Engineering.
Uzzi’s work focuses on the link between social networks and human achievement and the role of AI in mind and machine partnerships. He has been awarded over 30 teaching and research prizes worldwide in sociology, management, ecology and computer science. He is a Network Science Society Fellow and a recipient of the Euler Award. His widely cited research has been funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), National Science Foundation and other foundations. He consults for companies and governments worldwide and writes a Forbes column on AI. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY Stonybrook.