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Deb Kumar Roy
Associate Professor of Media Arts
and Sciences
AT&T Career Development
Professor
Chair, Academic Program
Director, Cognitive Machines
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 Professorship of Media Arts and
Sciences in 2003.
Roy studies how children learn language, and designs machines that
learn to communicate in human-like ways. To enable this work, he has pioneered
new data-driven methods for analyzing and modeling human linguistic and social
behavior. He has authored numerous scientific papers on artificial
intelligence, cognitive modeling, human-machine interaction, data mining and
information visualization, and has lectured extensively for both scientific and
general audiences. Roy’s research is frequently featured in the media including
WIRED, National
Geographic, Science, BBC, and National Public Radio.
20 Ames Street, Rm. E15-488
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: (617) 253-0596
FAX: (617) 253-2730
Email: dkroy [at] media [dot] mit [dot] edu
Administrative Assistant:
Mutsumi Sullivan
Phone: (617) 253-1908
msullivan [at] media [dot] mit [dot] edu
