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Henry Lieberman

University/Research Lab: Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: (Cambridge, MA)
Personal Research Web Page: http://www.media.mit.edu/~lieber/

Keywords: Commonsense reasoning, intelligent agents

Posted on: Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Broad Research Area: AI / Machine Learning / Robotics / Vision, HCI / CSCW

Research Interests:

Henry Lieberman has been a Research Scientist at the MIT Media Laboratory
since 1987. His interests are in the intersection of artificial intelligence
and the human interface. He directs the Software Agents group, which
is concerned with making intelligent software that provides assistance to users in
interactive interfaces.

Many of his current projects revolve around applying Common Sense Reasoning
to interactive interfaces. He is using a large knowledge base of Commonsense facts
about everyday life to streamline interfaces, provide intelligent defaults,
and proactive help. Application areas include predictive typing, multilingual communication,
management of photo and media libraries, product recommendation and e-commerce tools.

 

Contact Information:

lieber@media.mit.edu

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