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David Cavallo
David Cavallo
Research Scientist
Group: Future of Learning
Office: E15-319
Phone: (617) 253-8897
Fax: (617) 258-6264
E-mail: cavallo@media
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URL: http://www.media.mit.edu/~cavallo
 

Biography

David Cavallo is the co-head of the Lab's Future of Learning group, which focuses on the design and implementation of new learning environments and on the design of new technologies that will change the way we think about "learning" and "school." Prior to joining the Media Lab, he led the design and implementation of medical informatics at Harvard University Health Services, was a software engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation's Artificial Intelligence Technology Center, founded and led the Advanced Technology group for Digital's Latin American and Caribbean region, and designed and built numerous knowledge-based systems for industry, most notably a set of intelligent micro worlds for training air traffic controllers. Cavallo has advised numerous heads of state and ministries of education on the adoption of advanced technologies for learning and the reform of educational institutions. He received his BS in computer science from Rutgers University, and MS and PhD in media arts and sciences from MIT.


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