Biography
Professor of Information Science and Computer Science, Drexel University.
Professor Weber is a leader in explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and case-based reasoning where often neural and symbolic methods are combined. She specializes in modeling knowledge to realize use-inspired artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Her background includes degrees in Economics (BA) and Engineering (MS and PhD). After graduation, she joined the Navy Center for Applied Research in AI, Naval Research Laboratory, and later joined Drexel University where she has been assistant and associate before becoming full professor. Previous projects include the DARPA POCUS-AI where she investigated how XAI methods can increase model accuracy; the NCATS-NIH Biomedical Data Translator where she designed a reasoning agent and investigated its explainability. She was the international XAI expert funded by the Swedish Vinnova foundation to work with a team from Mälardalen University to equip deployed AI applications with explanatory capabilities.
Previously she has led the knowledge management subproject within the DHS-EPA funded Center for Advancing Microbial Risk Assessment. She is currently a co-PI for the DARPA ITM project collaborating with Parallax Advanced Research. She has published in AI Magazine, Applied AI Letters, and Expert Systems with Applications, among others, and in AAAI and ICCBR conferences. Her work has been recognized in best paper awards and within the college with the 2023 Research Excellence Award. She has been featured in Good Day Philadelphia and in the NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. She is a member of AAAI, AAAS, AWIS, and ACL.
Research Areas
- AI, Machine Learning, and Robotics
Research Interests
Case-based reasoning, explainable artificial intelligence, machine learning, textual analytics, natural language understanding, language models, recommender systems, technological aspects of knowledge management, project management, and requirements engineering.
Academic Distinctions
- Doctorate in Production Engineering at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, 1998 in a “sandwich” program with the Department of Industrial & Management Systems at the University of South Florida
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Master’s in Production Engineering (Operations Research), Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Bachelor’s in Business Administration at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil