Ahmed Elgammal is a professor at the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University. He is the founder and director of the Art and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Rutgers, which focuses on data science in the domain of digital humanities. In 2017, an Artsy editorial acclaimed his work on AI-generated art as “the biggest artistic achievement of the year”. He is also the founder and CEO of Artrendex, a startup that builds innovative AI technology for the art market.