Members
Core Team
DIRECTOR
Susan Schneider, Ph.D., William F. Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, in collaboration with the Brain Institute,
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Elan Barenholtz, Ph.D., is associate director of the Center for the Future Mind, an associate professor at Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and
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Postdoctoral Researcher and Fellow
Eric D. Berg, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral researcher in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR: FUTURE OF INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVE
William Hahn, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. Hahn earned his master’s degree in mathematics and
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PROGRAM DIRECTOR: FUTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS INITIATIVE
Garrett Mindt, Ph.D., researches philosophy of the mind, philosophy and science of consciousness, philosophy of artificial intelligence
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SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & OUTREACH
Laurie Carney is the major gifts officer at Florida Atlantic University since December 1999 responsible for development activities within
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HEAD OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
Vito Borio is a graduate student in communication and multimedia studies, with a particular focus on rhetorical messaging surrounding
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Faculty
Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D., is a professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and executive director of the Brain Institute. Blakely
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Daniel Bolojan is an assistant professor in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. His research focuses on the application of
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Jessica (Jess) Dickson, Ph.D., is an anthropologist of film, digital media, and their industries. She holds a postdoctoral fellowship in the
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Chad E. Forbes, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and the Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute. He earned
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Jason Hallstrom, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and executive director of the Institute for Sensing
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Frederick Hoffman, Ph.D., is a professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. He earned his doctorate degree from the University of
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C. Derrick Huang, Ph.D., is a professor of information technology in the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University. A native of Taiwan
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Scott Kelso, Ph.D., is an Eminent Scholar in Science and professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. He also holds the Glenwood
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Ashley Kennedy, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Philosophy in the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. She earned her bachelor’s in
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Kevin Lanning, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology in the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College. He earned his doctorate degree from the University
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Christopher Maraffi, MFA, is an assistant professor in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. Maraffi earned his degree in digital
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Oge Marques, Ph.D., is a professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the advisor for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in
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Warner Miller, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of the physics department in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. He also holds an
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Mehrdad Nojoumian, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the director of the Privacy, Security
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Andrzej Nowak, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. His primary focus is on the dynamical approach
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Dimitris A. Pados, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Charles E. Schmidt Eminent
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Paul R. Peluso, Ph.D., is the senior associate dean and professor in the College of Education. He is the author of eight books, including
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Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., is a professor at Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and a Bjorn Lamborn Endowed Chair in
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Richard Shusterman, Ph.D., is a Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities, professor of philosophy and English, and director of
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Gerald Sim, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, and I-SENSE Ethics Fellow at FAU where he teaches
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Ruth Tappen, Ed.D., is professor and Christine E. Lynn Eminent Scholar in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing. She is an experienced
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Mark Tunick, Ph.D., a professor of political science in the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, is a political theorist who writes and teaches
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Robin R. Vallacher, Ph.D., is interim chair and professor of psychology in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. He is also a research
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Kevin Wagner, Ph.D., professor and department chair in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, researches and teaches judicial
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Fellows
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Jerry McNerney, Ph.D., is a Congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served on the House Committee on Energy and
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Distinguished Senior Fellow
Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, system for modern technical computing; WolframAlpha, algorithms, knowledgebase and AI
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Distinguished Senior Fellow
Lenore Blum, Ph.D., is an emeritus distinguished career professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pennsylvania, where
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Distinguished Senior Fellow
Manuel Blum, Ph.D., is an emeritus Bruce Nelson professor of computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University), Pennsylvania where he is
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Distinguished Senior Fellow
Edwin L. Turner is professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University, New Jersey. He also serves as co-chair of the National
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Distinguished Senior Fellow
Bernard J. Baars, Ph.D., is co-founder and editor in chief of the Society for MindBrain Sciences, an affiliated fellow, and former senior fellow, in theoretical
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Distinguished Senior Fellow
Natasha Vita-More, Ph.D., is founder of transhumanist studies and former professor of innovation, ethics and communication at University
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Distinguished Senior Fellow: Artificial Intelligence, Complexity and Risk
Mark Bailey, Ph.D., is the department chair for cyber intelligence and data science at the National Intelligence University in Maryland. His research
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Future of Consciousness Fellow
Cody Turner, Ph.D., is a doctoral student at the University of Connecticut, studying philosophical issues in artificial intelligence
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Technology and Humanity Fellow
Dan Turello, Ph.D., leads chair programs and manages the Kluge Prize at The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Founded in
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Distinguished Senior Fellow
Carol Gould, Ph.D., is a professor in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters. Gould earned her doctorate degree in philosophy from
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Artificial Intelligence and Global Catastrophic Risk Fellow
Kyle A. Kilian is a leader in intelligence analysis, multidisciplinary research and technology modernization in the national security
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Artificial Intelligence Policy Fellow
Jay Shooster is a public interest lawyer. He represents individuals and nonprofit organizations in complex litigation and investigations.
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Machine Intelligence Fellow
Rachel St. Clair, Ph.D., aims to work on architectures that produce generally intelligent agents. She received her doctorate degree from the
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Law and Society Fellow
Kevin Frazier is an assistant professor at St. Thomas University College of Law. He joined the STU community following a clerkship on the
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Students
MPCR Lab Members Students List
Claudius Osei
Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
Claudius Osei is a doctoral student with the Graduate Neuroscience Training Program in Florida Atlantic’s Stiles-Nicholson Brain
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Daniel Van Zant
Ph.D. Student and Brain Institute Fellow (NGP)
Ph.D. Student and Brain Institute Fellow (NGP)
Daniel Van Zant is a Ph.D. student in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience at Florida Atlantic's Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
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Jennifer Giordano
Doctoral Student
Doctoral Student
Jennifer Giordano is a doctoral student with the Graduate Neuroscience Training Program in Florida Atlantic’s Stiles-Nicholson
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Kori Citrin
Doctoral Student
Doctoral Student
Kori Citrin is a doctoral candidate at Florida Atlantic University's Integrative Biology and Neuroscience program working at the Max Planck Florida
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Megan Spring
Doctoral Student
Doctoral Student
Megan Spring is a current doctoral student in Florida Atlantic University's comparative studies program specializing in 19th century
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Subhosit Ray
Doctoral Researcher
Doctoral Researcher
Subhosit Ray is interested in every system as computation and how evolving computation rules leads to emergence
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Ty Roachford
Ph.D. Student and Brain Institute Fellow (NGP)
Ph.D. Student and Brain Institute Fellow (NGP)
Ty Roachford is a Ph.D. student in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience at the Stiles-
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Morgan Benavidez
Graduate Student
Graduate Student
Morgan Benavidez is a master's student studying artificial intelligence in the department of electrical
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Misha Klopukh
Undergraduate Researcher
Undergraduate Researcher
Misha Klopukh is an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in mathematics. He has been a researcher at the Machine Perception and
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Rachid Lopez
Undergraduate Student
Undergraduate Student
Rachid Lopez is an undergraduate student pursuing a degree in philosophy. He is interested in specializing in the areas
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Matt Trask
Affiliate Researcher
Affiliate Researcher
Matt Trask specializes in computer and robotics education in the Rubin and Cindy Gruber Sandbox.
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