Laura Herman is currently the Head of AI Research at Adobe and a Curator of Digital Art at the Victoria & Albert Museum. She received her PhD from the University of Oxford’s Internet Institute, where her dissertation examined the impact of algorithmic curation on global visual cultures.

At Adobe, Laura leads a team of multi-disciplinary researchers that covers Generative AI for Creative Cloud. Previous technologies that she has worked on have been acknowledged as Apple’s “App of the Day” and as a Webby People’s Choice Award winner. Laura has previously held research positions at Intel, Harvard University, and Princeton University.

A common thread runs through Laura’s research: an investigation of how emerging technology influences human artistry. Her understanding of the creative process has been deepened by her curatorial practice. She currently serves as Curator of Digital Art at the V&A Museum, where she focuses on contemporary practices. Laura has previously been a “Researcher-in-Residence” at the studio of Olafur Eliasson and has contributed to the Serpentine Galleries’ Future Art Ecosystems report. Laura’s curatorial and research work has been covered by venues such as the BBC, Forbes, Artnet, New Scientist, Newsweek, and the Wall Street Journal.

Laura serves an advisor to the Inclusive AI Lab at Utrecht University, an organization that she co-founded. The Inclusive AI Lab is dedicated to building inclusive and sustainable AI data, tools, services, and platforms with a particular focus on the Global South.