Rodney Sappington, Ph.D. is a scientist, entrepreneur and anthropologist focused on solving critical problems in clinical diagnostics, molecular and material discovery. He is Founder and Chief Scientist of Acesio Inc. As a leader in deep learning and computer vision applied to the identification of high mortality cancers, he has built systems for improving molecular dynamics, early detection of neurodegenerative diseases, and optimization of nanomaterial synthesis. His leadership spans scientific and computational domains for human and societal benefit. He is currently focused on leveraging technologies and methodologies focused on the alignment problem.
Graduate
Johns Hopkins University, Ph.D. (The Study of Medical Informatics)
Undergraduate
M.A. California Institute of the Arts (Interschool)
M.A. New School for Social Research in Anthropology
Skills
Computational Imaging
Machine Learning
Research Design
Your ideal research study
Investigation of spiritual, cognitive and computational systems of creativity.
What drew you to consciousness
I’ve always been fascinated in the intersections of consciousness and the brain. I believe such intersections offer a key connection between intelligence, AI and the richness of human experience.
Hobbies
Jazz piano. Hiking and running.
