Svtilana Volkova

Affiliation

Aptima, Inc.

Biography

Dr. Svitlana Volkova serves as Chief of AI in Aptima's Office of Science and Technology. She spearheads the company's initiatives to develop safe, secure trustworthy human-centric AI systems that tackle complex real-world problems for the Department of Defense and other government agencies. Dr. Volkova's research focuses on advancing multimodal signal processing and machine learning techniques, with an emphasis on graph neural networks, causal discovery, and multimodal reasoning. Her work has pioneered methods for AI-powered analytics to explain complex social systems and behaviors. She is recognized as an expert in human-centered AI design, evaluation, and developing trustworthy AI systems. A recognized leader in AI, Dr. Volkova has led projects funded by DARPA, IARPA, and NNSA focused on advancing AI to support national security missions. Her 70+ peer-reviewed publications exemplify her contributions across AI, machine learning, and social media analytics. Dr. Volkova serves on program committees and review boards for premier AI conferences including AAAI, ACL, EMNLP, and NeurIPS. An advocate for diversity in technology, Dr. Volkova is an active member of Women in Machine Learning. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, where she was affiliated with the Center for Language and Speech Processing and the Human Language Technology Center of Excellence