Welcome, Yale Class of ’66!

On Monday, November 2, 2026, ’66 LIVE welcomed Smita Krishnaswamy, a professor of both computer science and genetics, also affiliated with the programs of Applied Mathematics, the Wu Tsai Institute for NeuroComputation and Machine Intelligence, Yale Cancer Center, the Institute for the Foundations of Data Science, and of Human and Translational Immunology. A graduate of Kalamazoo College, Professor Krishnaswamy holds a BA, MA and PhD from the University of Michigan and worked at the Watson Center at IBM before a postdoc at Columbia. In her lab at Yale, she adapts methods of geometric deep learning and fundamental AI to uncover and interpret the hidden implications of formerly unmanageable masses of biomedical and neuroscientific data. Smita has applied her techniques to neuroscience, psychology, stem-cell biology, cancer, and immunology, in over 21 projects currently underway. Please enjoy this astounding discussion with Professor Krishnaswamy!