Stanford University · Biomedical Data Science & Radiology · Rubin Laboratory

Applying the Methods of
Data Science and AI
to the Performing Arts

We develop conversational AI systems, voice-enabled interfaces, audience analytics platforms, and AI-generated media to make opera more accessible, discoverable, and analytically rich — addressing a cultural challenge with the tools of modern data science.

Our Mission

Data Science at the
Service of Culture

Opera is one of humanity's great art forms — and one facing a measurable crisis. Attendance has declined significantly across Western opera houses, with younger audiences largely absent. These are tractable problems for the methods of modern data science and artificial intelligence.

Working in conjunction with the Opera Verace Foundation (OVF), a California 501(c)(3) public charity co-founded by Dr. Rubin and Professor Terry Desser (Professor Emerita of Radiology, Stanford), this laboratory develops and deploys AI-driven approaches to audience development, education, and engagement — in partnership with leading opera institutions in North America and Europe.

Principal Investigator

Daniel L. Rubin, MD, MS

Emeritus Professor, Biomedical Data Science & Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Faculty Affiliate, Stanford HAI

About Dr. Rubin Daniel Rubin's Stanford Faculty Profile Publications (400+) Opera Verace Foundation

Applying the Methods ofData Science and AIto the Performing Arts

Data Science at theService of Culture

Three Pillars of Research

Applying the Methods of
Data Science and AI
to the Performing Arts

Data Science at the
Service of Culture