Dr. Lopez-Gonzalez is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cognitive Insights for Artificial Intelligence advising on artificial intelligence (AI) risk management, governance and compliance across various industries. A serial entrepreneur, Dr. Lopez-Gonzalez previously co-founded and led as CEO and business strategist La Petite Noiseuse Productions. In those roles she advanced novel ethical and human-centered projects and policy initiatives across the AI lifecycle, advising partners in healthcare/biotechnology, autonomous vehicles, and cybersecurity. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and panelist, presenting and publishing her science-ethics-policy-governance-business work nationally and internationally.

Dr. Lopez-Gonzalez’s other appointments in the university include in the Department of Computer Science, Whiting School of Engineering and in the Department of Neurology, School of Medicine. Her interdisciplinary courses sit at the intersection of AI, cognitive neuroscience, ethics, business, and public and global policy and governance.

Recent accolades include being named one of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2023 and receiving a research award from Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s Center for Law, Science and Innovation to propose soft law solutions for AI in healthcare. Other recognitions and awards include Baltimore’s Top 10 BioHealth Startup CEOs, The Business of Biotech; Outstanding Recent Graduate Award, Office of the President and Alumni Association, Johns Hopkins University; Millennial Leader of the BioHealth Capital Region, BioHealth Innovation, Inc.; Particularly Imaginative Polymath, Imagination Institute, Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania; Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts, Office of the Provost, Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Lopez-Gonzalez is also a longtime fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar in Salzburg, Austria and Washington, D.C.

Dr. Lopez-Gonzalez holds BAs in Psychology and French, a MA and PhD in Cognitive Science, and a Graduate Certificate in International Studies, all from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She also has a Certificate in AI Policy from the Center for AI & Digital Policy in Washington, D.C. and a Certificate from the Venture Capital University Independent Director Initiative, University of California Berkeley, School of Law.

Topics of Expertise:

– Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

– History of Artificial Intelligence

– Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

– Global Policy and Governance of Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

– Human-Computer Interaction

– Human Decision-Making

– Applied Ethics

– Industry Science and Technology

– Biotechnology

– Brain-Computer Interfaces

Education History

  • MA, Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University
  • PHD, Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University

Work Experience

CEO, Cognitive Insights for Artificial Intelligence

Publications

INDUSTRY RESEARCH
Lopez, M. (2024). Reevaluating Human Values for Patient Care in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Human-Centred Approach to Mobile Digital Health Technology Regulation in the United States. Journal of AI Law and Regulation 1(1): 50-63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21552/aire/2024/1/7

Lopez, M. and Gonzalez, I. (2024). Artificial Intelligence Is Not Human: The Legal Determination of Inventorship and Co-Inventorship, the Intellectual Property of AI Inventions, and the Development of Risk Management Guidelines. Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society 104(1): 135-153.

Garibay, O., Winslow, B., Andolina, S., Antona, M., Bodenschatz, A., Coursaris, C., Falco, G., Fiore, S. Garibay, I., Grieman, K., Havens, J.C., Jirotka, M., Kacorri, H., Karwowski, W., Kider, J. Konstan, J., Koon, S., Lopez-Gonzalez, M., Maifeld-Carucci, I., McGregor, S., Salvendy, G., Shneiderman, B., Stephanidis, C., Strobel, C., Ten Holter, C., & Xu, W. (2023). Six Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Grand Challenges. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 39(3): 391-437. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2153320

López-González M. (2021) Applying Human Cognition to Assured Autonomy. In: Stephanidis C. et al. (eds) HCI International 2021 – Late Breaking Papers: Multimodality, eXtended Reality, and Artificial Intelligence. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13095. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90963-5_36.

López-González, M. (2020). Regaining Sight of Humanity on The Roadway towards Automation, IS&T Electronic Imaging Symposium: Autonomous Vehicles and Machines 2020, (IS&T, Springfield, VA, 2020); DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2020.16.AVM-088.

López-González, M. (2019). Today Is To See and Know: An Argument and Proposal for Integrating Human Cognitive Intelligence into Autonomous Vehicle Perception, IS&T Electronic Imaging Symposium: Autonomous Vehicles and Machines, (IS&T, Springfield, VA, 2019). DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2019.15.AVM-054.

López-González, M. (2018). Theoretically Automated Conversations: Collaborative Artistic Creativity for Autonomous Machines, IS&T Electronic Imaging Symposium: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, (IS&T, Springfield, VA, 2018). DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.14.HVEI-531.

López-González, M. (2018). Storyboard of Thoughts: Using Photography and Illustration to Visualize the Mind, IS&T Electronic Imaging Symposium: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, (IS&T, Springfield, VA, 2018). DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.14.HVEI-540.

Lebowsky, F. & López-González, M. (2018). Colorful Insights Supporting the Modeling of Creative Processes Across Language, Music, and Emotion, IS&T Electronic Imaging Symposium: Color Imaging XXIII, (IS&T, Springfield, VA, 2018); DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2018.16.COLOR-364.

López-González, M. (2017). Manifesto for Empirical Revolution No. 2: the reseARch scienTIST paradigm to unraveling the mind behind musical improvisation. Diffrazioni 2016 Catalogue, (Conservatorio Cherubini, Florence, Italy).

López-González, M. (2017). Trading Conversations Between Science and Art: When Musical Improvisation Enters the Dialogue on Stage, IS&T Electronic Imaging Symposium: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, (IS&T, Springfield, VA, 2017); DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2017.14.HVEI-156.

López-González, M. (2016). Minds in the Spotlight: Using Live Performance Art To Uncover Creative Thinking Processes, IS&T Electronic Imaging Symposium: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, (IS&T, Springfield, VA, 2016); DOI: 10.2352/ISSN.2470-1173.2016.16.HVEI-143.

López-González, M. (2015). Cognitive Psychology Meets Art: Exploring Creativity, Language, and Emotion Through Live Musical Improvisation in Film and Theatre. Proceedings of SPIE 9394, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XX, 939403 (March 17, 2015); DOI: 10.1117/12.2083880.

REPORTS AND STATEMENTS ON AI POLICY & GOVERNANCE
Lopez, M. and Gonzalez, I. (January 2024). RFI Response to NIST’s Assignments Under Sections 4.1, 4.5 and 11 of the Executive Order Concerning Artificial Intelligence.

Lopez, M. and Gonzalez, I. (October 2023). Response to Artificial Intelligence and Copyright by the United States Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Lopez, M. on behalf of Holistic AI. (September 2023). Senate Subcommittee Leaders Hold Hearing on Proposed Bipartisan Framework for U.S. AI Act, Holistic AI News post.

Lopez, M. on behalf of Holistic AI. (September 2023). California Governor Gavin Newsom Issues an Executive Order on AI, Holistic AI News post.

Lopez, M. on behalf of Holistic AI. (August 2023). Response to the U.S. FDA call for comments on Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in the Development of Drug and Biological Products.

Lopez, M. on behalf of Holistic AI. (July 2023). The Holistic AI View: Progress as 7 US Juggernauts Commit to Managing AI Risk.

Lopez, M. on behalf of Holistic AI. (July 2023). Response to the White House-Office of Science & Technology Policy RFI on National Priorities for Artificial Intelligence.

Lopez, M. on behalf of Holistic AI. (June 2023). Response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, RFI on AI Accountability Policy.

Lopez, M. and Gonzalez, I. (May 2023). Response to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce on Artificial Intelligence and Inventorship.

Lopez, M. (June 2022). Input to United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age 2022.

Lopez, M. (April 2022). Response to NIST’s Initial Draft AI Risk Management Framework.

Lopez, M. (April 2022). AI Policy Assessment: Republic of Costa Rica.

Lopez, M. (March 2022). Response to White House-Office of Science & Technology Policy RFI on Support the Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework.

Lopez, M. (February 2022). Response to White House-Office of Science & Technology Policy RFI on National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan.

BOOK CHAPTER
López-González, M. (forthcoming Sept 2022). Emotional Creativity. In Gesine Lenore Schiewer, Jeanette Altarriba, & Bee Chin Ng (eds.), Handbook on Language and Emotion: An International Handbook – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

LEADERSHIP & EDUCATION ARTICLES
López-González, M. (February 2018). An Urgent Appeal for Ethical Changemaking – Taking equitable action now for a better today, Session 593 – The Shock of the New: Arts, Technology and Making Sense of the Future, (Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, 2018).

López-González, M. (February 2018). A Scientist-Artist’s Address to Today’s Future, Op-Ed for Session 593 – The Shock of the New: Arts, Technology and Making Sense of the Future, (Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, 2018).

López-González, M. (2017). For Female Leaders of Tomorrow: Cultivate an Interdisciplinary Mindset. Women in Engineering (WIE) Forum USA East, 2017 IEEE. IEEE; DOI: 10.1109/WIE.2017.8285606.

López-González, M. (2017). STEAM is hotter than STEM: The Why and What of My Teaching Paradigm in Higher Education. SciArt Magazine – Special Topics STEAM Education Issue, August 2017.

Honors and Awards

  • Research award for Soft Law’s Application to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Healthcare, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University Center for Law, Science & Innovation (2023)
  • 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics global list for 2023, Women in AI Ethics (2022)
  • Outstanding Recent Graduate Award, Office of the President and Alumni Association of the Johns Hopkins University (2019)
  • One of Baltimore’s Top 10 BioHealth Startup CEOs, The Business of Biotechnology (2019)
  • A millennial leader of the BioHealth Capital Region (MD,DC,VA), BioHealth Innovation, Inc (2018)
  • A particularly imaginative polymath, Imagination Institute, Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania (2016)