Katja Hofmann is a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, where she leads the Game Intelligence team. Her research focuses on machine learning for Games with the mission to drive advances in AI capabilities with the aim to unlock novel applications in Gaming and beyond. She and her team share the belief that games will drive a transformation of how people interact with AI technology. Her long-term goal is to develop systems that learn to collaborate with people, to empower their users and help solve complex real-world problems.