Media Expertise: Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Applied Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing (NLP); Tech entrepreneurship; Responsible AI, Human-in-the-loop and agentic AI for productivity and creativity; AI + Art
Areas of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Fine Arts, Ethical Use of AI, Natural Language Processing
Biography: Anna Farzindar, Ph.D. joined LMU’s Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering as a Full Professor (Clinical) of Computer Science in 2023, bringing decades of experience in artificial intelligence, predictive machine learning, and natural language processing (NLP). She earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Université de Montréal and a doctorate in Natural Language Processing from Paris-Sorbonne University, graduating with highest honors. Prior to LMU, she served as faculty at the University of Southern California for nine years, helping expand its interdisciplinary data science program.
Farzindar has extensive experience in tech entrepreneurship, from designing concepts that address real-world needs to bringing services and products to market. She founded NLP Technologies Inc. in Canada, a startup specializing in legal texts, based on her doctoral research in NLP and AI. Through this work, she collaborated with the Federal Courts of Canada to analyze and digitize large volumes of legal judgments. The company developed AI language solutions including: machine translation, automated summarization, and social network analytics.
At USC, Farzindar served as a healthcare advisor for the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC) and collaborated with clinicians at Keck Hospital to develop algorithms for predicting graft failure in organ transplantation. She was also a founding member of the data science program and created a signature Professional Practicum course that connected academia and industry.
She currently advises several San Francisco Bay Area startups on machine learning and responsible AI implementation. Farzindar is the author or co-author of five books and more than 30 scholarly articles, including Natural Language Processing for Social Media (Springer Publishing Company) and Transforming Healthcare with Big Data and AI.
At LMU, she is a key faculty member in the Business, Engineering, Science & Technology (BEST) Bootcamp, a certificate program that brings students from LMU’s College of Business Administration and Seaver College together to collaborate, innovate, and build a tech company through hands-on workshops and courses.
An accomplished artist, she studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Versailles, France, and integrates artistic expression into her curriculum to help students explore digital ethics and algorithmic bias in automated decision-making. Her current research focuses on agentic AI with a human-in-the-loop approach to support creativity and improve workplace productivity.
She also developed a core curriculum course for LMU students on responsible AI and ethics, advancing interdisciplinary education on AI and its ethical integration.
