Faculty Engaged in Interdisciplinary AI Teaching and Research
Faculty
Lucas Bang
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceResearch areas: Combining combinatorics and information theory to software analysis problems. Recent work has been in synthesizing adaptive side-channel exploits.bang@hmc.edu
Jim Boerkoel
Csilla and Walt Foley Professor of Computer ScienceChair, Department of Computer ScienceResearch areas: Human-robot teams, scheduling and planning, artificial intelligence.McGregor 309909.607.4522boerkoel@cs.hmc.edu
Joshua Brake
AI Experimentation Laboratory (AXL) and Imaginative Prototyping LaboratoryAssociate Professor of Engineering – on Sabbatical 2025-2026PhD, California Institute of Technology, Electrical EngineeringResearch areas: Optical technologies to probe and measure brain activity, mind/body/machine interfaces (MBMI) to improve and expand human cognition.Parsons 2364909.621.8553jbrake@hmc.edu
Kenneth Fandell
AI Experimentation Laboratory (AXL)Professor of Artfandell@hmc.edu
Nancy Lape
AI Experimentation Laboratory (AXL)Professor of EngineeringInterim Chair, Department of EngineeringResearch areas: Energy-efficient composite gas separation membranes, chemical transport across human skin, and engineering education.lape@hmc.edu
Rachel Mayeri
Professor of Media StudiesResearch areas: Visual arts, media studies, biological imagerymayeri@hmc.edu
Julie Medero
AI Experimentation Laboratory (AXL)Associate Professor of Computer ScienceResearch areas: Natural Language Processing, especially its applications to literacy education.McGregor 317909.621.8072julie@cs.hmc.edu
George Montañez
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceResearch areas: Machine learning and why it works.McGregor 301909.607.9945montanez@cs.hmc.edu
David Seitz
Assistant Professor of Cultural Geographydseitz@hmc.edu
Xanda Schofield ’13
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceResearch areas: Natural Language Processing, with applications to text analysis for the humanities and social sciences.McGregor 330909.607.2105xanda@cs.hmc.edu
Erin Talvitie
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceResearch areas: Applications of machine learning to artificial intelligence, creation of artificial autonomous agents that can act flexibly and competently in unknown environments.McGregor 323909.607.1381erin@cs.hmc.edu
Josh Jones ’98
Prototype-First Programming LaboratoryEntrepreneurship Faculty
Benson Tsai ’06
Prototype-First Programming LaboratoryEntrepreneurship Facultybtsai@hmc.edu