Stuart Russell is the Michael H. Smith and Lotfi A. Zadeh Chair in Engineering and Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he founded the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence. His research spans artificial intelligence, including machine learning, probabilistic reasoning, planning and decision-making, with more recent work focused on AI safety, human-compatible AI and autonomous weapons. He is co-author with Peter Norvig of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, a widely used textbook in the field, and author of Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2025.