Bio
Tamara Kolda, Ph.D., is an independent mathematical consultant under the auspices of her company MathSci.ai based in California and founded in 2021. From 1999-2021, she was a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. She is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), and Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Her research is in the broad domain of mathematical data science. She is the co-author of the book: Tensor Decompositions for Data Science. She is the SIAM Vice President for Publications, co-chair of the 2027 SIAM Conference on Linear Algebra (LA27), and Program Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (SIAG-EDI). She also sits on the board of the First Proof Foundation, which is dedicated to understanding the capabilities of AI systems on problems that come up in math research.