USIA Leadership

We are developing a world-class think tank with a rich cognitive diversity of top thinkers supporting intellectually gifted individuals to engage in rigorous scientific discourse to advance the fields of cognitive science and artificial intelligence.

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President

Tom Chittenden, PhD, DPhil, PStat

Vice-President

Ronald K. Hoeflin, PhD

Executive Director

Y. H. Bryan Kim

Senior Advisor

Ian Bendis, MD, PhD

Senior Director

Eric Klien

Editor-in-Chief

Ian Bott

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Program Director

Eva Chan

USIA Award Winners

2021 USIA Award Winner For Leadership

Jeff Bezos

Amazon

2021 USIA Award Winner For Mathematics

Prof. Terence Tao

UCLA

2021 USIA Award Winner For Futurists

Jason Schenker

The Futurist Institute

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2021 USIA Award Winner For Technology

Andre Cronje

Yearn.Finance

2021 USIA Award Winner For Mind Sports

Raymond Keene OBE

World Chess Championships

USIA Contributors

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USIA Contributors - Interview

Prof. James Flynn (1934-2020)

Theorist, 'Flynn Effect'

USIA Contributors - Podcast

Prof. Martin Rees

Former President, Royal Society

USIA Advisors

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Honorary / Advisory Historian, Philosopher

Prof. Yuval Noah Harari

Author of 'Sapiens' and 'Homo Deus'

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Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Prof. Steven Pinker

Harvard University

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Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Nick Bostrom

University of Oxford

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Prof. Ellen J. Langer

Harvard University

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Professor Nicola Clayton

University of Cambridge

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Honorary / Advisory Global Strategist

Sheila Warren

Executive Member, World Economic Forum

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Honorary / Advisory Computer Scientist

Andre Cronje

Founder, Yearn.Finance

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Honorary / Advisory Writer

Dr. Karen Armstrong

Best-Selling Author of Arts and Science

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Prof. Barbara Tversky

Stanford University

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen

University of Cambridge

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Honorary / Advisory AI Scientist

Prof. Benoit Desjardins

University of Pennsylvania

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Prof. Susan Goldin-Meadow

University of Chicago

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Honoary / Advisory Psychiatrist

Prof. Robert Klitzman

Columbia University

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Pro. Elke U. Weber

Princeton University

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Prof. Authur S. Reber

Brooklyn CUNY

Honorary / Advisory Psychologist

Prof. Abigail A. Baird

Vassar College

Honorary / Advisory Neurologist

Clinical Prof. Amit M. Shelat

Vice-Chairman, NY. Medical Board

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Honorary / Advisory Biologist

Prof. Michael R. Rose

UC Irvine

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Philip Kitcher

Columbia University

Honorary / Advisory AI Ethicist

Wendell Wallach

Yale Intrdisciplinary Cetner for Bioethics

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Luciano Floridi

Oxford Digital Ethics Lab; Alan Turing Institute

Honorary / Advisory Bioethicist

Dr. James Hughes

Executive Director, IEET

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Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Mark Coeckelbergh

University of Vienna

Honorary / Advisory Social Theorist

Prof. Anthony Elliott

University of South Australia

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. David Rosenthal

Graduate Center, CUNY

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. John Hare

Yale University

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Duncan Pritchard FRSE

UC Irvine

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Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Jack Copeland FRS NZ

University of Canterbury

Honorary / Advisory Bioethicist

Prof. Tom Beauchamp

Georgetown University

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. José Zalabardo

University College London

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Honorary / Advisory Law Scholar

Prof. Kevin J. Greene

Southwestern Law School

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Hohyun Sohn

Yonsei University

Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Ronald J. Stephens

Purdue University

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Honorary / Advisory Philosopher

Prof. Henrik Lagerlund

Stockholm University

Honorary / Advisory Bioethicist

Ira Pastor

Council Member, Davos Forum

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Honorary / Advisory Humanist

David Pearce

Co-Founder, Humanity+

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Honorary / Advisory Humanist

Ilia Stambler, PhD

Director, International Longevity Alliance

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Honorary / Advisory Medical Scientist

M. Mark. Karindas, MD

President, World Academy of Medical Sciences

Honorary / Advisory Detective

Detective Dan RUSU

President, World Association of Detectives

Honorary / Advisory Memory Champion

Dominic O’Brien

8x World Memory Champion

USIA Previous Advisors

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Prof. Peter Singer

Princeton University

Prof. Graham Priest

Graduate Center, CUNY

Prof. A. C. Grayling CBE

New College of the Humanities

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Prof. Susan Schneider

NASA-Baruch Blumberg Chair