Katherine Fairchild

Katherine Fairchild is the Engineering Team Lead for the MIT Quest for Intelligence, where she has led and contributed to a wide array of projects, including a Monte Carlo-based COVID-19 risk model for the MIT campus, a simulated robotics environment, a platform for scoring computational models against brain benchmarks, and a web app for sharing research stimuli. She is especially interested in using the tools of AI to further understanding in neuro- and cognitive science. Her approach to software engineering is informed by a versatile background: she has worked in program management at Harvard University, machine learning for financial applications at State Street Corporation, and as a legal assistant. Katherine received a BA in Political Science from Dalhousie University and an MLA in Software Engineering from Harvard Extension School.