Lauren Decker, M.S. ’09

May 13, 2024
  • Alum Lauren Decker
  • Fishing port in Alaska
  • Lauren with her sister, Leslie Canavera

Lauren Decker, M.S. ’09, a Yup’ik Alaska Native, is chief scientific officer for PolArctic, an ocean and data science company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning—informed by Indigenous knowledge—to help businesses in the Arctic operate safely, profitably, and sustainably.

“I’m doing exactly what I wanted to do in terms of AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning,” she says. She’s coding new technologies for businesses, governments, and Indigenous communities to help decipher a capricious (and climate-ravaged) Arctic. Read about Lauren in Aboard GSO’s Aides to Navigation, and URI Magazine’s, An Ocean of Data.