Roman Yampolskiy
Roman V. Yampolskiy holds a PhD degree from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University at Buffalo. There he was a recipient of a four year NSF (National Science Foundation) IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) fellowship. Before beginning his doctoral studies Dr. Yampolskiy received a BS/MS (High Honors) combined degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA. After completing his PhD dissertation Dr. Yampolskiy held a position of an Affiliate Academic at the Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University of London, College of London. In 2008 Dr. Yampolskiy accepted an assistant professor position at the Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville, KY. He had previously conducted research at the Laboratory for Applied Computing (currently known as Center for Advancing the Study of Infrastructure) at the Rochester Institute of Technology and at the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Yampolskiy is also an alumnus of Singularity University (GSP2012) and a visiting fellow of the Singularity Institute.Dr. Yampolskiy's main areas of interest are behavioral biometrics, digital forensics, pattern recognition, genetic algorithms, neural networks, artificial intelligence and games. Dr. Yampolskiy is an author of over 100 publications including multiple journal articles and books. His research has been cited by numerous scientists and profiled in popular magazines both American and foreign (New Scientist, Poker Magazine, Science World Magazine), dozens of websites (BBC, MSNBC, Yahoo! News) and on radio (German National Radio, Alex Jones Show). Reports about his work have attracted international attention and have been translated into many languages including Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish.
Education
- A.S. in Computer Science, Monroe Community College, 2000
- M.S. in Computer Science, Rochester Inst of Technology, 2004
- Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engr, The State University of NY - Buffalo, 2008
Publications
Journal Articles
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Personal Universes: A Solution to the Multi-Agent Value Alignment Problem. arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.01851
- Ziesche, S. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Towards AI Welfare Science and Policies. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 3(1), 2
- Ramamoorthy, A. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2018). Beyond MAD?: The Race for Artificial General Intelligence. ITU Journal: ICT Discoveries(1)
- Trainor, P., J., Yampolskiy, R., V. & DeFilippis, A., P. (2018). Wisdom of artificial crowds feature selection in untargeted metabolomics: An application to the development of a blood-based diagnostic test for thrombotic myocardial infarction. Journal of biomedical informatics, 81, 53--60
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2018). The Singularity May Be Near. Information, 9(8), 190
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2018). Why We Do Not Evolve Software? Analysis of Evolutionary Algorithms. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 14, 1176934318815906
- Baum, S., D., Armstrong, S., Dahlberg, T., H\"a\""aggstr\""om, ., Hanson, R., Kuhlemann, K., Maas, M., M., Miller, J., Salmela, M., Sandberg, A. & others, . (2019). Long-term trajectories of human civilization. Foresight
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Predicting Future AI Failures from Historic Examples. Foresight
- Baum, S., D., Barrett, A., M. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2017). Modeling and Interpreting Expert Disagreement About Artificial Superintelligence. Informatica, 41(4)
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2017). What are the ultimate limits to computational techniques: verifier theory and unverifiability. Physica Scripta, 92(9)
- Ziesche, S. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2017). High Performance Computing of Possible Minds. International Journal of Grid and High Performance Computing (IJGHPC), 9(1), 37--47
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2016). On the Origin of Synthetic Life: Attribution of Output to a Particular algorithm. Physica Scripta. Volume 92, Number 1, Article Number 013002.
- Majot, A. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2015). Global Catastrophic Risk and Security Implications of Quantum Computers. Futures, 72, 17-26
- Sotala, K. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2015). Responses to Catastrophic AGI risk: A Survey. Physica Scripta, 90(1), 1-33
- Yampolskiy, R., V., Ali, N., Dsouza, D. & Mohamed, A., A. (2014). Behavioral Biometrics: Categorization and Review. International Journal of Natural Computing Research (IJNCR)
- Yampolskiy, R., V., Rebolledo-Mendez, J. & Hindi, M. (2014). Password Protected Visual Cryptography via Cellular Automation Rule 30. Transactions on Data Hiding and Multimedia Security (DHMS). Special Issue on Visual Cryptography
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2014). Utility Function Integrity in Artificially Intelligent Systems. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (JETAI)
- Majot, A. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2014). Safety and Security Implications of Quantum Computers. Futures
- Mohamed, A., Gavrilova, M. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2013). Recognizing Avatar Faces Using Wavelet-based Adaptive Local Binary Patterns with Directional Statistical Features. Transactions on Computational Sciences Journal (TCS), 7848, 137-154
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2013). Efficiency Theory: a Unifying Theory for Information, Computation and Intelligence. Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences & Cryptography, 16(4-5), 259-277
- McDaniel, R. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2012). Development of embedded CAPTCHA elements for bot prevention in Fischer random chess. International Journal of Computer Games Technology, 2012(Article ID 178578)
- Mohamed, A., A. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2012). Wavelet Based Multi-scale Adaptive LBP with Directional Statistical Features for Recognizing Artificial Faces. ISRN Machine Vision, 2012(ID810304)
- Yampolskiy, R., V. & Fox, J. (2012). Safety Engineering for Artificial General Intelligence. Topoi. Special Issue on Machine Ethics & the Ethics of Building Intelligent Machines
- Yampolskiy, R., V. & Gavrilova, M. (2012). Artimetrics: Biometrics for Artificial Entities. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 19(4), 48-58
- Yampolskiy, R., V., Ashby, L. & Hasan, L. (2012). Wisdom of Artificial Crowds – a Metaheuristic Algorithm for Optimization. Journal of Intelligent Learning Systems and Applications (JILSA), 4(2), 98-107
- Hughes, R. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2012). Solving Sudoku Puzzles with Wisdom of Artificial Crowds. International Journal of Intelligent Games & Simulation (IJIGS)
- Mohamed, A., A., Gavrilova, M. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2012). Recognizing Avatar Faces Using Wavelet-based Adaptive Local Binary Patterns with Directional Statistical Features. Transactions on Computational Sciences Journal (TCS). Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Abramov, P., S. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Automatic IQ Estimation Using Stylometric Methods. Handbook of Research on Learning in the Age of Transhumanism, 32--45
- Aliman, N., Kester, L. & Yampolskiy, R. (2021). Transdisciplinary AI Observatory—Retrospective Analyses and Future-Oriented Contradistinctions. Philosophies, 6(1), 6
- Aliman, N., Kester, L., Werkhoven, P. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). Orthogonality-Based Disentanglement of Responsibilities for Ethical Intelligent Systems. International Conference on Artificial General Intelligence
- Behzadan, V., Yampolskiy, R., V. & Munir, A. (2019). Emergence of Addictive Behaviors in Reinforcement Learning Agents. AAAI Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety co-located with the Thirty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2019 (AAAI 2019)
- Elamrani, A. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Reviewing Tests for Machine Consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 26(5-6), 35--64
- Melkikh, A., V., Khrennikov, A. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). Quantum Metalanguage and The New Cognitive Synthesis. NeuroQuantology, 17(1)
- Transformer Jr, ,., Note, E., X., Spellchecker, M., S. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). When Should Co-Authorship Be Given to AI?.
- Turchin, A. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). Glitch in the Matrix: Urban Legend or Evidence of the Simulation?.
- Turchin, A. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). Types of Boltzmann Brains.
- Turchin, A., Batin, M., Denkenberger, D. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). Simulation Typology and Termination Risks. arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.05792
- Umbrello, S. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2021). Designing AI for explainability and verifiability: a value sensitive design approach to avoid artificial stupidity in autonomous vehicles. International Journal of Social Robotics, 1--10
- Umbrello, S. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). Designing AI for Explainability and Verifiability: A Value Sensitive Design Approach to Avoid Artificial Stupidity in Autonomous Vehicles.
- Williams, R. & Yampolskiy, R. (2021). Understanding and Avoiding AI Failures: A Practical Guide. Philosophies, 6(3), 53
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). What Evolutionary Algorithms Can and Cant Do.
- Ziesche, S. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). Towards AI Welfare Science and Policies. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 3(1), 2
- Adebayo, G., O. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2022). Estimating Intelligence Quotient Using Stylometry and Machine Learning Techniques: A Review. Big Data Mining and Analytics, 5(3), 163--191
- Alexander, G., M., Allen, R., E., Atala, A., Bowen, W., Coley, A., A., Goodenough, J., B., Katsnelson, M., I., Koonin, E., V., Krenn, M., Madsen, L., S. & others, . (2020). The sounds of science--a symphony for many instruments and voices. Physica Scripta
- Miller, J., D. & Yampolskiy, R. (2019). An AGI with Time-Inconsistent Preferences. Delphi – Interdisciplinary Review of Emerging Technologies. , 2(4), 200-206
- Miller, J., D., Yampolskiy, R. & H\"aggstr\"om, O. (2020). An AGI Modifying Its Utility Function in Violation of the Strong Orthogonality Thesis. Philosophies, 5(4), 40
- Scott, P., J. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Classification Schemas for Artificial Intelligence Failures. Delphi – Interdisciplinary Review of Emerging Technologies. , 2(4), 186-199
- Trazzi, M. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2020). Artificial Stupidity: Data We Need to Make Machines Our Equals. Patterns, 1(2), 100021
- Williams, M. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Optical Illusion Images Dataset. INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology, 1(2), 127-139
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Unpredictability of AI. arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.13053 (Accepted for publication in J. of AI. & C.
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2020). Unexplainability and Incomprehensibility of AI. Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, 7(02), 277--291
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2020). Unpredictability of AI: On the Impossibility of Accurately Predicting All Actions of a Smarter Agent. Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, 7(01), 109--118
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2022). Metaverse: A Solution to the Multi-Agent Value Alignment Problem. Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, 1--11
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2022). On the Controllability of Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis of Limitations. Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility, 321--404
- Yampolskiy, R. (2019). Unexplainability and Incomprehensibility of Artificial Intelligence. https://philpapers.org/rec/YAMUAI Accepted for publication in J. of AI & C.
- Ziesche, S. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2019). Do No Harm Policy for Minds in Other Substrates.. Journal of Evolution and Technology, 29(2)
- Ziesche, S. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2022). The problem of AI identity.
Books
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2018). Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security. : Chapman and Hall/CRC Press
- Callaghan, V., Miller, J., Yampolskiy, R., V. & Armstrong, S. (2017). The Technological Singularity: Managing the Journey.
- Yampolskiy, R. (2015). Artificial Superintelligence: a Futuristic Approach.
- Amstrong, S., Callaghan, V., Miller, J. & Yampolskiy, R., V. (2014). Singularity Hypothesis: a Scientific and Philosophical Assessment.
- Yampolskiy, R., V. & Duettmann, A. (2020). Artificial Superintelligence Coordination & Strategy. : MDPI
- Yampolskiy, R., V. (2020). Sztuczna Inteligencja Bezpiecze\'nstwo i Zabezpieczenia.
More about Roman Yampolskiy
- 100 Leaders in Artificial Intelligence, 2018, Hub Culture
- 100+ Media articles/interviews, 2018, World Media
- Foresight Fellow in AI Safety & Security, 2018, Foresight Institute
- Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018, Marquis Who's Who
- Presidential Distinguished National & Internarial Service Award, 2018, UofL
- Top 15 Cybersecurity Professor on Twitter, 2018, OnlineEducation.com
- #1 AI Mind, 2017, Forbes
- 200+ Interviews, podcasts, other media, 2017,
- Top 30 AI Influencer, 2017, IBM
- Twitter Verified, 2017, Twitter
- Fellow, Sapience Institute. London, UK, 2016,
- Fellow, X-Risks Institute, 2016,
- Research Advisor, AI Research Center Aarhus (AIRCA), Denmark, 2016,
- 200+ Media interviews, 2016,
- 30 Invited Talks, 2016, Top Universities, Conferences
- 40 Under 40 - leaders on the edge of their occupations, 2016, Business First
- Faculty Favorite, 2016, UofL
- Kentucky Colonel - the highest title of honor the Governor of KY can bestow, 2016, Gov of KY
- Affiliate Scholar, 2015, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET)
- Best Paper award - biometrics/cybersecurity, 2015, IEEE
- Best Student Paper award, 2015, 2nd position Information Assurance and Security
- Best Teacher - Computer Engineering, 2015, FacultyAwards.org
- Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, 2015, UofL
- Faculty Favorite, 2015, University of Louisville
- Graduate Research Competition Award (2nd Place), 2015, Kentucky Academy of Science
- Media articles, interviews, etc, 2015,
- Poster Contest 2nd Place Award + Cash Prize., 2015, E-Expo
- Research Associate, 2015, Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (GCRI)
- Visiting Fellow, 2015, Machine Intelligence Research Institute & Center for Applied Rationality, Berkley, CA
- "Leader in Engineering Education", 2014, American Society for Engineering Education
- "Senior Member", 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- "Top 4" Favorite Faculty, 2014, Delphi, University of Louisville
- Emergent Technologies and the Future of Humanity panel presentation, Travel grant. $2500., 2014, Royal Swedish Academy of Science
- Faculty Fellowship, 2014, Summer Institute in Israel
- Media Articles, 2014,
- Media Interviews, 2014,
- NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Research Program for College Faculty, 2014, NSF
- Science Peers into the Future, Travel Funding. $900, 2014, Center for Inquiry
- Who's Who in America, 2014,
- Who's Who in the World, 30th edition, 2014, Who's Who in the World, 30th edition. Marquis Who's Who
- Faculty Favorite - An Outstanding Professor Chosen by Students, 2013, Faculty Favorite - An Outstanding Professor Chosen by Students. Delphi, University of Louisville
- Media Interviews, 2013, Media Interviews
- Online College Professor of the Year (Top 10), 2013, Online College Professor of the Year (Top 10). bestcollegesonline.com
- Online Learning Spotlight, 2013, Online Learning Spotlight. UofL Online Learning
- Outstanding Early Career in Post-Secondary Education Award, 2013, Outstanding Early Career in Post-Secondary Education Award. Kentucky Academy of Science
- Professional Memberships, 2013, Professional Memberships
- Research Profiled in National and International Media, 2013, Research Profiled in National and International Media
- 3rd place, app development competition ($1500 prize), 2012, 3rd place, app development competition ($1500 prize), SU - NASA Ames
- Academic Who's Who, 2012, Academic Who's Who, Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals
- Arthur Riehl Award for Dr. Yampolskiy's MS Student, 2012, Arthur Riehl Award for Dr. Yampolskiy's MS Student, CECS UofL
- CECS Professor of the Year, 2012, CECS Professor of the Year, SSSC
- EEWeb Featured Engineer, 2012, EEWeb Featured Engineer, EEWeb
- Faculty Favorite, 2012, Faculty Favorite, Delphi/UofL
- National and international media coverage, 2012, National and international media coverage - TV/Radio/Magazines/Web
- Who's Who in the World, 29th edition, 2012, Who's Who in the World, 29th edition, Marquis Who's Who
- Singularity University Scholarship, $24,000.00, 2012, Singularity University Scholarship, $24,000.00
- "Top 11" Faculty Favorite, 2011, "Top 11" Faculty Favorite, Delphi/UofL
- Excellence in Science Education & Outreach , 2019, Kentucky Academy of Science
- “Top 4” Favorite Faculty, 2019, UofL
- Distinguished Lecturers Series Award, 2019, K-State
- 50 Most Popular AI-Influencers of North America, 2019, AI Authority
- AI Thought Leaders 2019, 2019, https://11list.com/11-ai-thought-leaders-in-2019
- AI Influencer,, 2019, Oracle corporation
- The Disruptor , 2019, UofL Magazine
- Lifetime Achievement Award , 2019, Marquis Who’s Who
- 100+ Media Interviews, articles, podcasts., 2019, National and International Media
- Faculty Favorite , 2020, UofL
- Literati Award, For an Outstanding Foresight Paper, 2020, Emerald Publishing
- Most prolific DBLP authors, 2020, Digital Bibliography & Library Project
- 50 Leaders in Artificial Intelligence, 2020, Hub Culture
- Faculty Favorite - Outstanding Professor Chosen by Students, 2021, UofL
- Top Artificial Intelligence Influencers to Follow, 2021, MarkTechPost.com
- AI 50: Innovators & Thought Leaders Advancing AI, 2021, BlueYonder.com
- The 100 Most Influential People in AI, 2021, AI Newsletter
- Student Champion, 2022, UofL
- Faculty Favorite, 2022, UofL
- UofL’s Research and Scholarship Recognition Award Certificate, 2022, UofL
- TILL Teaching Innovation Award, 2022, UofL
- Research profiled in multiple popular media websites, podcasts, magazines, ex. Vice, IFLscience, etc. , 2022,
- Invited Talk, 2022,
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