Deb Roy directs the Media Lab's Cognitive Machines group, is founding director of the Center for Future Banking, and chairs the academic program in Media Arts and Sciences. A native of Canada, he received his bachelor of computer engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1992 and his PhD in cognitive science from MIT in 1999. He joined the MIT faculty in 2000 and was named AT&T Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences in 2003.
Deb Roy directs the Media Lab's Cognitive Machines group, is founding director of the Center for Future Banking, and chairs the academic program in Media Arts and Sciences. A native of Canada, he received his bachelor of computer engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1992 and his PhD in cognitive science from MIT in 1999. He joined the MIT faculty in 2000 and was named AT&T Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences in 2003.