Leiden Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics

Signatories

The primary signatory list now lives on the homepage below the declaration text.

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4180 Signatories
  1. Stefan Kebekus ORCID
  2. Tim Swift verified email University of the West of England, Bristol
  3. Daniel Horiatakis ORCID University of Graz
  4. Florian Wagener ORCID "Universiteit van Amsterdam"
  5. Angelika Wiegele ORCID Professor, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
  6. Marc Masdeu ORCID Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  7. Deanna Wightman verified email Purdue University
  8. Deon Mark Solomons verified email University of the Western Cape
  9. Luiz Hartmann ORCID Dr., Universidade Federal de São Carlos
  10. Nuša Farič ORCID Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
  11. Henry Saunders verified email DPhil Student, University of Oxford
  12. RUSLAN MUSLUMOV ORCID Assistant Professor, ADA University
  13. Lisa Valentini ORCID PhD Student, University of Cambridge
  14. Emilio Lauret ORCID Universidad Nacional del Sur and CONICET
  15. Shengyong Pan ORCID Associate professor, Beijing Jiaotong University
  16. Nicholas Williams ORCID Research Associate, University of Cambridge
  17. Ilke Canakci ORCID Assistant Professor, VU Amsterdam
  18. Sam K Miller ORCID Limited Term Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
    Comment

    Now more than ever, it is clear that we need to set out ethical guidelines for this powerful, yet still-not-well-understood technology. Generative AI can be a boon to scientists, but if we're collectively not intentional about its use, it'll cause considerably more harm than good. This is ignoring the other ethical issues of these tools, such as their resource and land cost, that their ownership lies in the hands of a select few corporations, and their potential for homogenization of culture to list a few.

  19. Amit Shah ORCID Lecturer, City St George's University of London
  20. Benedikt Hahn ORCID PhD Student, Graz University of Technology
  21. Vanessa Evers Director CWI, the Netherlands' National Centre of Mathematics and Computer Science
    Comment

    As Director of CWI, I am excited to endorse the Leiden Declaration. At CWI, we care deeply about fundamental mathematics and computer science, but also about what happens when these ideas meet other fields, new technologies, and real challenges that people encounter in their daily lives. AI is changing the way we do science, and that is both exciting and important to get right. The Leiden Declaration captures this moment beautifully: it asks us to stay curious and open, while protecting what makes mathematics and science truly valuable: trust, creativity, and human understanding. This is exactly the kind of conversation science communities should be having now.

  22. Jose Velez-Marulanda ORCID Valdosta State University, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz
  23. Susanna Bidgood ORCID Principal Scientist, UCB Celltech
  24. arno kret ORCID
  25. Jan E. Grabowski ORCID Professor of Algebra, Lancaster University
  26. Cecilia Busuioc verified email University College London, University of London
  27. Ilya Smirnov ORCID Ikerbasque Research Fellow, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics
  28. Yohance Osborne Durham University
  29. Michaël Bulois ORCID MCF, Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne Département de Mathématiques
  30. Gilles Blanchard ORCID Professor, Université Paris-Saclay
  31. Xuhui Zhang verified email WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
  32. Anton R Schep verified email Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina
  33. Julie Symons ORCID PhD student, University of Antwerp
  34. Peter Wildemann ORCID University of Geneva
  35. Aman Markar ORCID PHD Student, University of Geneva
  36. Divya Ghanshani ORCID PhD student, University of Regensburg
  37. Maria Chiara BRAMBILLA ORCID Marche Polytechnic University
  38. Mickaël Matusinski ORCID Maître de Conférence, Université de Bordeaux
  39. Massimo Ferri ORCID Professore dell'Alma Mater, Università degli Studi di Bologna
  40. Li Shen verified email Imperial College London
  41. Thomas Bothner ORCID Associate Professor in Mathematical Physics, University of Bristol
    Comment

    A very timely and thought-out response to the ultra-fast entry of AI into mathematical research. Let's hope the benefits of AI will outweigh its harmful potential. This, however, will not come for free and it will require good practice from all involved, in the way the Leiden declaration suggests.

  42. Mario Mascolo verified email University of Padua
  43. Vincent Beffara ORCID DR, CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes
  44. Alfonso Zamora Saiz ORCID Matemáticas Aplicadas a las TIC, Technical University of Madrid
  45. Jerónimo García-Mejía ORCID Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick
  46. Manan Jain IISER Mohali
    Comment

    The global south remains underrepresented on frontiers of mathematical research, in no small part due to lack of access to opportunities and resources. Any advantages, real or perceived, emerging from artificial intelligence propelled by profit-driven corporations is likely to widen this divide further. It is imperative to have serious conversations on their use and promotion, keeping (amongst many other things) this access disparity in mind.

  47. Hicham Yamoul ORCID Associate Professor, Université Hassan II de Casablanca, École Normale Supérieure
  48. Andrea Gallese ORCID Ph.D. student, Scuola Normale Superiore
  49. Simão Santos Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon
  50. Stefan Vasilev verified Philipps-Universität Marburg
  51. Jean Lécureux ORCID Professor, Université de Bordeaux
  52. Herman Geuvers ORCID Professor Radboud University Nijmegen
  53. Raphaël Beuzart-Plessis verified email CNRS, Université d'Aix-Marseille
  54. Tobias Schnieders ORCID PhD student, Saarland University
  55. Maria Leonor Moreira verified email Universidade do Porto
  56. Aymeric Martin ORCID Université de Bordeaux
  57. Kaplan Desbouis ORCID Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux
  58. Peter van der Kamp ORCID Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University, Melbourne
  59. Susheel Varma ORCID Chief Data Officer, Sage Bionetworks
    Comment

    I am pleased to support the Leiden Declaration. AI can assist mathematical research, but it must be governed by the values that sustain the discipline: rigor, transparency, attribution, open scrutiny, and human responsibility. Mathematics should remain a human practice guided by understanding, judgment, and ethical care.

  60. Daniel Dadush ORCID CWI & Utrecht University
  61. Fabrice Wunderlich verified email University of Luxemburg
  62. Edmund Harriss ORCID Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
    Comment

    There are exciting potentials in the technical ability of AI, but more concerning cultural and social issues. A broader discussion about what is important in mathematics (built off proof not simply proofs) is needed and this document is a powerful statement of that.

  63. Kathryn Lund ORCID Senior Computational Mathematician, Science and Technology Facilities Council
    Comment

    I wholeheartedly endorse the statements these fellow researchers have carefully prepared. I would also like to highlight that unbridled AI has and will continue to harm marginalized groups more than those who hold power in society. It's easy as mathematicians to disconnect from society at large and retreat to our nifty problems. I hope this declaration and others help rouse the community from its complacency to defend those who don't have a voice and make space for them.

  64. Milan Lopuhaä-Zwakenberg ORCID Assistant professor, University of Twente
  65. Andreas Schaefer ORCID Université Grenoble Alpes
  66. Peter Lammich ORCID Assistant professor, University of Twente
  67. Johannes Wiesel ORCID Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
  68. Jöran Lennart Bergh ORCID emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Gothenburg
  69. Catharina Stroppel ORCID Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics Bonn
    Comment

    This is a thoughtful and well-considered statement on a difficult and very important topic. I am very happy that it has appeared! AI is clearly changing our world and in particular prompting us to reaffirm the basic principles of mathematics. I believe AI can help and guide us in many ways, even in doing research-level mathematics. On the other hand, I am convinced that the classical mathematical argumentation plays thereby a crucial, even an essential role. I wish that we are able to figure out a good way how to place AI on top of a solid and honest mathematical education, one in which precision, intellectual honesty and critical thinking matters more than ever. This declaration is in my opinion an important step towards finding such a good way.

  70. Maryna Viazovska verified email EPFL - EPF Lausanne
  71. Igor Böhm ORCID Fellow Engineer at GlobalFoundres; PhD, The University of Edinburgh
  72. Xavier Guitart ORCID Universitat de Barcelona
  73. Karin Melnick ORCID Full Professor, University of Luxembourg
  74. Annette Huber-Klawitter ORCID Professor, University of Freiburg
  75. Álvaro Gutiérrez ORCID The University of Bristol
    Comment

    Free and open science is always worth fighting for. We, as a community, can't allow to let the power of discovery and research be available to only a few. We must ensure that the changes machine learning brings to our field are as open source and equitable as possible.

  76. Michael Lee verified email University of Queensland
  77. Ulrich Görtz ORCID Professor, Universität Duisburg-Essen
  78. David Schwein ORCID Assistant Professor, University of Utah
  79. Víctor González-Alonso ORCID Leibniz Universität Hannover
  80. Minh Pham verified email University of Queensland
  81. Christian Urech ORCID Senior Scientist, ETH Zürich
  82. Ruizhe Xue verified email Nanjing University
  83. Gustavo Jasso ORCID Professor, University of Cologne
  84. Jiandong Yuan ORCID undergraduate, Shenzhen University
    Comment

    Math is treasure of people

  85. Nathaël Da Costa ORCID PhD student, University of Tübingen
  86. Otto Theodor Primus Schmidt ORCID Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
    Comment

    Very important document to make discussion about AI broader.

  87. Clément Mouhot ORCID DPMMS, University of Cambridge
  88. Siegfried Echterhoff ORCID Professor emeritus, University of Münster
  89. Ulrike Muller ORCID Professor, California State University Fresno
  90. Roger Samelson ORCID Professor, Oregon State University
  91. Maurice Duits ORCID KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  92. Joaquim Ignatious Monteiro ORCID Assistant Professor, College of Engineering Trivandrum
  93. Atiksh Gupta ORCID Student, Brown University
  94. Dan Guyer verified email PhD Candidate in Mathematics, University of Washington
  95. Zeyu Guo ORCID Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
  96. Saivenkat Senthilkumar verified email Université Laval
  97. Felix Scott verified email University of Queensland
  98. Ramiro Lafuente ORCID The University of Queensland
  99. Tirthankar Bhattacharyya ORCID Professor, Indian Institute of Science
  100. Charlie ORCID The University of Queensland