2025
IEEE KIYO TOMIYASU AWARD
Sponsored by the late Dr. Kiyo Tomiyasu, the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
“For contributions to AI, including tensor methods and neural operators with applications to scientific domains.”
Anima Anandkumar is a pioneering leader in artificial intelligence, particularly in “AI for science.” Her groundbreaking work on neural operators and tensor methods has revolutionized multiple scientific domains, including the replacement of traditional numerical solvers with unprecedented speedups. In particular, Anandkumar’s AI algorithms have accelerated weather forecasting and carbon capture and storage (CCS) modeling with an impressive four orders of magnitude speedups, which is extremely important for dealing with climate change. Additionally, her AI method Orbnet has transformed quantum chemistry, performing calculations thousands of times faster than traditional methods. Moreover, Anandkumar’s AI algorithms have enabled a more thorough understanding of coronavirus and accelerated drug discovery.
An IEEE Fellow, Anandkumar is the Bren Professor and Senior Director of AI Research, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.