Trista Chen

Trista Chen Trista Chen is an AI scientist and tech executive, currently Director, AI Research Center at Microsoft. Her work focuses on multimodal LLM, agentic AI, and human-centered AI. She has published over 30 top-tier papers, holds more than 110 patents, and her research has been recognized internationally, including a Nature Portfolio publication, the 2023 CVPR Workshop Best Paper Award, and the USAID Intelligent Forecasting world championship. Previously, she held leadership roles at Nvidia, Intel, and startups, and she earned her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and M.S. and B.S. from National Tsing Hua University. is an AI scientist and tech executive, currently Director, AI Research Center at Microsoft. Her work focuses on multimodal LLM, agentic AI, and human-centered AI. She has published over 30 top-tier papers, holds more than 110 patents, and her research has been recognized internationally, including a Nature Portfolio publication, the 2023 CVPR Workshop Best Paper Award, and the USAID Intelligent Forecasting world championship. Previously, she held leadership roles at Nvidia, Intel, and startups, and she earned her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and M.S. and B.S. from National Tsing Hua University.