Paulo Blikstein
Paulo Blikstein is an Associate Professor of Education, Technology and Design at Teachers College, an Affiliate Associate Professor of Computer Science and Affiliate Faculty at the Data Science Institute at Columbia University. An engineer by training, Blikstein holds a PhD. in Learning Sciences from Northwestern University and an MSc. from the MIT Media Lab, and was on the faculty of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University from 2008 to 2018. His research focuses on how new technologies can deeply transform the learning of science, computer science, and engineering, and focuses on the applications of data mining, AI and multimodal learning analytics for learning. Blikstein created in 2010 the first research-based program to bring makerspaces to schools, the FabLearn Project, now present in 22 countries. A recipient of the National Science Foundation Early Career Award and the AERA Jan Hawkins Early Career Award, his work has been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American, Wired, The Guardian, and several other outlets.
Biography current as of February 10, 2020