Sr. Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at Shutterstock | Co-Chair of UNESCO Women for Ethical AI | President of Women in AI | Chair of Governance Committee at ML-Labs
A research and scientific leader in Artificial Intelligence, Alessandra is the Sr. Director of AI and Data Science at Shutterstock. Alessandra has over 18 years’ experience in research and innovation gained whilst working in academic and commercial environments. Alessandra is passionate in advanced analytics, machine learning, and computational models with the focus of transferring innovation from research to products.
Alessandra chairs the AI and Multimedia Authenticity Collaboration, which brings together IEC, ISO, ITU and other standards organizations to foster a unified response to deepfake technology, addressing risks while harnessing the benefits of generative AI.
As Co-chair of the UNESCO Women for Ethical AI Platform, Alessandra is working with a strong community of women to foster diversity, inclusion and equality for women and minorities while encouraging a global ethical approach in AI. AsGlobal President of Women in AI (a non-profit do-tank working towards gender-inclusive AI that benefits global society)Alessandraleads a community of women from 171 countriesthatempowers women and minorities to become AI & Data experts, innovators and leaders.In an advisory capacity, Alessandra also serves as the Governance Committee Chair at the Science Foundation Ireland Centre forResearch Training in Machine Learning.
Among several awards, Alessandra won the 2024 Grace Hopper and the 2021 XV International Prize “Le Tecno-visionarie” in the AI -Industrial Research category. In her previous role Alessandra was Head of Analytics Research at Nokia Bell Labs where she was leading research teams in several locations while driving changes across different activities like her contributions to the Nokia AI Ethics Advisory Board.
