Pattie Maes is an associate professor in MIT’s Program in Media Arts and Sciences. Her work in collaborative filtering (similar to Amazon.com's "People who bought ths also bought . . .") earned her the title of Mass High Tech All-Star in 1996. Maes begin her career at MIT as a visiting professor and a research scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Lab. She specializes in human interaction and is one of those people who look fondly upon the possibility of developing computer brain implants like those in Minority Report
. Since I abhor the idea that we would mess with human brains in that regard, I can only appreciate her courage in bringing the technological world closer to that threshold. Maes is widely regarded as a brilliant mind in the world of computer science. Newsweek
named her one of the "100 Americans to watch for in 200." TIME Digital
included her among their Cyber-elite, and the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council. Maes' classes include New Paradigms for Human-Computer Interaction, Techniques for Design and Fabrication, and Ambient Intelligence, all of which to my ear could quite easily be courses offered in some high-tech Tom Cruise blockbuster. Maes ingenuinity on its own would be ample reason to seek out one of her courses, but her casual tone and familiar manner while speaking also indicate that her courses would be not only informative but also somewhat pleasant.
Pattie Maes is an associate professor in MIT’s Program in Media Arts and Sciences. Her work in collaborative filtering (similar to Amazon.com's "People who bought ths also bought . . .") earned her the title of Mass High Tech All-Star in 1996. Maes begin her career at MIT as a visiting professor and a research scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Lab. She specializes in human interaction and is one of those people who look fondly upon the possibility of developing computer brain implants like those in Minority Report . Since I abhor the idea that we would mess with human brains in that regard, I can only appreciate her courage in bringing the technological world closer to that threshold. Maes is widely regarded as a brilliant mind in the world of computer science. Newsweek named her one of the "100 Americans to watch for in 200." TIME Digital included her among their Cyber-elite, and the Massachusetts Interactive Media Council. Maes' classes include New Paradigms for Human-Computer Interaction, Techniques for Design and Fabrication, and Ambient Intelligence, all of which to my ear could quite easily be courses offered in some high-tech Tom Cruise blockbuster. Maes ingenuinity on its own would be ample reason to seek out one of her courses, but her casual tone and familiar manner while speaking also indicate that her courses would be not only informative but also somewhat pleasant.