Background
Yampolskiy, Roman V. was born on August 13, 1979 in Riga, Latvia. Son of Vladimir A. Yampolskiy and Diana R. Yampolskaya.
Yampolskiy, Roman V. was born on August 13, 1979 in Riga, Latvia. Son of Vladimir A. Yampolskiy and Diana R. Yampolskaya.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the University at Buffalo (2008).
He is currently the director of Cyber Security Laboratory in the department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the Speed School of Engineering. Yampolskiy is an author of some 100 publications, including numerous books His work is frequently profiled in popular media, such as: the British Broadcasting Corporation, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, Yahoo, New Scientist, Alex Jones Radio show and many others
Yampolskiy has warned of the possibility of existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence, and has advocated research into "boxing" artificial intelligence.
Member of Kentucky Academy of Sciences, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Yana Feygin, December 11, 2008. 1 child Max Roman.
