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Emily Fox

Also known as Emily B. Fox, Emily Beth Fox

Emily Fox is a professor of statistics and computer science at Stanford, where her research applies large-scale Bayesian dynamic modeling to health and computational neuroscience. She earned an S.B. in 2004 and a Ph.D. at MIT in 2009, then joined the University of Washington in 2012 as an Amazon machine learning assistant professor. In June 2014 she co-authored Stochastic Gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, a sampling method, with Tianqi Chen and Carlos Guestrin. She received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2015 and the Presidential Early Career Award in 2017, and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics named her a Fellow in 2024. As of October 2026, she is chief technical advisor for AI and machine learning at insitro, which she joined as senior vice president in 2024.

Now at
Stanford University and insitro, inc.
Works
131
Citations
7,231
h-index
32

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2004–2009

    Electrical engineering at MIT

    She earns an S.B. in 2004 and a Ph.D. in 2009 from MIT's electrical engineering and computer science department.

  2. 2012

    An Amazon professorship at Washington

    She joins the University of Washington in 2012 as an Amazon machine learning assistant professor in statistics, after an assistant professorship at Wharton.

  3. June 2014

    Stochastic gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo

    She co-authors Stochastic Gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, a sampling method, with Tianqi Chen and Carlos Guestrin. The paper appears in the International Conference on Machine Learning in June 2014.

  4. 2015–2017

    Sloan and presidential early-career awards

    She receives a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2015 and the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering in 2017.

  5. 2018–2021

    From Apple to Stanford

    She leads Apple's Health AI team as a Distinguished Engineer from 2018 to 2021. In 2021 she moves to Stanford as a professor of statistics, where her research covers large-scale Bayesian dynamic modeling, with applications in health and computational neuroscience.

  6. 2024

    Senior vice president at insitro

    Insitro names her senior vice president of AI and machine learning in 2024. The Institute of Mathematical Statistics makes her a Fellow in 2024.

  7. April 2026

    A Moonshots ONE seed grant

    In April 2026 she and her team win a seed grant in Laude Institute's Moonshots ONE program.

  8. As of October 2026

    Chief technical advisor at insitro

    She serves as insitro's chief technical advisor for AI and machine learning, and she is a professor of statistics and computer science at Stanford.

Sources and credits

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  1. Emily Fox lids80.lids.mit.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Emily B. Fox - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Allen School News Archive » Carlos Guestrin and Emily Fox join the University of Washington news.cs.washington.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Stochastic Gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo ptolemy.berkeley.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. [1402.4102] Stochastic Gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Emily Fox's Profile | Stanford Profiles profiles.stanford.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Emily Fox will be Statistics' newest professor | Department of Statistics statistics.stanford.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. BPAS - insitro Hires AI and Machine Learning Visionary, Emily Fox, Ph.D., as Senior Vice President of AI/ML markets.financialcontent.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Emily Fox and team chosen for Moonshot seed grant | Department of Statistics statistics.stanford.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  10. Emily Fox - insitro insitro.com. Checked 15 October 2026.