CAIDA Director, Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown, is known for his work on AI & Game Theory: a sub-sector that uses artificial intelligence to provide a computational approach to analyze situations where there are competing factors and players with antagonistic interests to determine outcomes. This work is incredibly useful for industry and government to guide them towards optimal decision-making, and Dr. Leyton-Brown's work has done just that. Perhaps more importantly, however, his work has already had a positive social impact, and the idea of helping to aid humanity and make an impactful difference is what fuel's Dr. Leyton-Brown's passion.
You can learn more about Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown's achievements in this amazing article, featured by CIFAR.