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Niloufar Salehi

Also known as Nilou Salehi

Niloufar Salehi is an associate professor at UC Berkeley's School of Information who studies human-centered AI and the reliability of AI systems. She completed a computer science doctorate at Stanford in 2018 and joined Berkeley's faculty in 2018. Her work has addressed collective action by crowd workers, school assignment algorithms and physicians' use of machine translation. A paper she coauthored on detecting harmful translation errors received an Outstanding Paper Award at EMNLP 2023. She helped launch Across AI, where she is CEO as of October 2026.

Works
63
Citations
1,799
h-index
24
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 28 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2013–2016

    Engineering and computer science degrees

    She earns a BS in computer engineering at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran in 2013. At Stanford University, she earns an MS in computer science in 2016.

  2. 2015

    Dynamo for crowd workers

    In 2015, she coauthors “We Are Dynamo: Overcoming Stalling and Friction in Collective Action for Crowd Workers.” The project supports collective action by Amazon Mechanical Turk workers and involves collaboration with worker rights advocates.

  3. 2018

    Stanford doctorate and Berkeley appointment

    She completes her PhD in computer science at Stanford University in 2018. In 2018, she joins UC Berkeley's School of Information as an assistant professor.

  4. 2018

    Hive for collective design

    In 2018, she presents Hive, which organizes people into small teams and rotates membership to mix viewpoints. She describes its use with Mozilla and disability advocates to explore accessible web browsing.

  5. 2022

    William T. Grant Scholar

    In 2022, she becomes a William T. Grant Scholar for research on community participation in school assignment software. Her project involves parents and administrators in system design to help school assignment algorithms reduce inequality.

  6. 2023

    Detecting harmful translation errors

    In 2023, she coauthors “Physician Detection of Clinical Harm in Machine Translation,” which studies how quality estimates and backtranslation help physicians assess translated emergency department discharge instructions. The paper receives an Outstanding Paper Award at EMNLP 2023.

  7. By 2025

    Launching Across AI

    By 2025, she is a co-founder of Across AI with University of Southern California professor Afshin Nikzad and entrepreneur Steven Mih. In 2025, she serves as chief product officer while on leave from Berkeley's School of Information, developing AI agents for business tasks such as identifying sales opportunities and risks.

  8. 2025

    Yodeai for knowledge work

    In 2025, she coauthors “Generative AI in Knowledge Work: Design Implications for Data Navigation and Decision-Making.” The team develops Yodeai to study AI support for combining information across platforms and tests it with 16 product managers, identifying needs for user control, transparent collaboration and integration of background knowledge.

  9. As of October 2026

    Berkeley professor and Across CEO

    As of October 2026, she is an associate professor in UC Berkeley's School of Information, with an affiliated appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and a faculty role in Berkeley AI Research Lab. Her research examines human-centered AI, including reasoning and reliability. She also serves as co-founder and CEO of Across AI.

Career

  1. NowAcross AICo-founder
  2. NowUniversity of California, BerkeleyAssociate Professor
  3. NowUniversity of California, BerkeleyAffiliated Faculty
  4. NowUniversity of California, BerkeleyFaculty, Berkeley AI Research Lab
  5. NowAcross AICEO
  6. From 2018University of California, BerkeleyAssistant Professor
  7. Across AIChief Product Officer

Education

  1. 2018Stanford UniversityPhD in Computer Science
  2. 2016Stanford UniversityMS in Computer Science
  3. 2013Sharif University of TechnologyBS in Computer Engineering

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Checked career sources: vcresearch.berkeley.edu.

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  1. Meet our new faculty: Niloufar Salehi, School of Information - Berkeley News news.berkeley.edu. Checked 28 October 2026.
  2. Publications - Niloufar Salehi niloufar.org. Checked 28 October 2026.
  3. Design for Collective Action | UC Berkeley School of Information ischool.berkeley.edu. Checked 28 October 2026.
  4. About - Niloufar Salehi niloufar.org. Checked 28 October 2026.
  5. Niloufar Salehi | UC Berkeley School of Information ischool.berkeley.edu. Checked 28 October 2026.
  6. Five Early-Career Researchers Selected for the William T. Grant Scholars Class of 2027 - William T. Grant Foundation wtgrantfoundation.org. Checked 28 October 2026.
  7. Physician Detection of Clinical Harm in Machine Translation: Quality Estimation Aids in Reliance and Backtranslation Identifies Critical Errors - ACL Anthology aclanthology.org. Checked 28 October 2026.
  8. Professor Launches Company Centered Around “Agentic AI” | Research UC Berkeley vcresearch.berkeley.edu. Checked 28 October 2026.
  9. Generative AI in Knowledge Work: Design Implications for Data Navigation and Decision-Making | UC Berkeley School of Information ischool.berkeley.edu. Checked 28 October 2026.
  10. Niloufar Salehi | UC Berkeley School of Information ischool.berkeley.edu. Checked 28 October 2026.
  11. Company, founders and team | Across AI across.ai. Checked 28 October 2026.