Dr. Rose Dieng-Kuntz was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour for her pioneering work in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Namely for her significant contributions towards understanding the way humans communicate and how to replicate that communication with machines.
This is her story
Rose grew up in a large family in Senegal, West Africa, and was the first African woman admitted to the École Polytechnique in France. Originally, Rose wanted to become a writer though discovered that she could following her passion for languages by studying something that excited her even more: mathematical communication.
With this background, Rose taught computers to not just look for words but to attach a concept of the word’s meaning. Ahead of her time, Dr. Rose Dieng-Kuntz imagined, and worked towards, a personalised World Wide Web by creating a web of knowledge linking individuals, organisations, countries and continents. She worked passionately towards ensuring that the wealth of information in the world was preserved and became more accessible.
In her lifetime she authored over a 140 pieces of scientific literature, including 11 books. Rose’s contributions to the computer scientists and Artificial Intelligence community shaped the way that we understand our own reality today. For her ground-breaking work, Rose received the Irene Joliot-Curie Prize in 2005, which is awarded by the Ministry of Research and the EADS Foundation to “the scientist of the year”.
Rose Dieng-Kuntz went on to become in Director of the Research at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA) – a position only held by one other woman before her. Above all, Rose was a scientist passionate about her field of research.
Meet Dr. Rose Dieng–Kuntz and her work
Dr. Rose Dieng-Kuntz work and ground-breaking ideas explained
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