Emma Strubell

Emma Strubell is the Raj Reddy Assistant Professor in the Language Technologies Institute (within the School of Computer Science) at Carnegie Mellon University. Previously they held research scientist roles at Google, Meta and the Allen Institute for AI after earning their doctoral degree in 2019 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Strubell’s research advances natural language processing methodology and measurement in order to promote environmentally sustainable development and deployment of AI. Their work has been recognized with a Madrona AI Impact Award, best paper awards at ACL (2015, 2024) and EMNLP (2018), and in 2024 they were named one of the most powerful people in AI by Business Insider.

publications
Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
A Holistic Framework for Measuring and Reporting AI’s Impacts to Build Public Trust and Advance AI 

As AI becomes more capable and integrated throughout the United States economy, its growing demand for energy, water, land, and raw materials is driving significant economic and environmental costs, from increased air pollution to higher costs for ratepayers.

06.26.25 | 15 min read
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