Eric Wang
About Eric Wang
Eric Wang serves as the Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at Turnitin, where he leads a global team of machine learning researchers and engineers. With a strong background in AI and data science, he has contributed to significant advancements in writing detection systems and semantic analysis.
Current Role at Turnitin
Eric Wang serves as the Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at Turnitin, a position he has held since 2022. In this role, he leads a global team of machine learning researchers and engineers across three continents. His responsibilities include overseeing the development of AI technologies that enhance Turnitin's suite of products. Wang's leadership focuses on advancing AI capabilities within the organization to improve writing integrity and detection systems.
Previous Experience at Turnitin
Prior to his current role, Eric Wang worked at Turnitin as the Senior Director of Turnitin AI from 2021 to 2022. He also held the position of Director of Machine Intelligence from 2018 to 2021. During his tenure, he contributed to significant advancements in AI writing detection systems, including the development of the most widely used AI writing detection system that analyzes over 3 million papers daily.
Career Background in Data Science
Eric Wang has extensive experience in data science and artificial intelligence. He worked at Chegg Inc. as a Principal Data Scientist from 2017 to 2018 and as a Staff Data Scientist specializing in Natural Language Processing from 2015 to 2017. His background also includes a role as Principal Investigator & Team Lead at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he focused on robust analysis via semantic spaces from 2014 to 2015.
Education and Academic Involvement
Eric Wang earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University from 2002 to 2006. He continued his education at Duke University, where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from 2006 to 2012. Additionally, he served as a Visiting Research Professor at the United States Naval Academy from 2012 to 2013.
Media Recognition and Contributions
Eric Wang has been featured in several prominent media outlets, including NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, Wired, Insider, and EdSurge. His expertise in artificial intelligence and contributions to AI writing detection have garnered attention, particularly for creating a highly scalable semantic similarity comparison engine that operates in real-time across hundreds of billions of documents.