Karl MacDorman

Associate Professor

E-mail

Phone

317-215-7040

Office

535 W. Michigan St.
IT 487
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3103

Web

http://www.macdorman.com/

Other Titles

• Adjunct Professor, Purdue University School of Engineering and Technology

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science, University of Cambridge, UK (1996)
B.A. Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley (1988)

Biography

Before joining IU, Karl F. MacDorman was an associate professor at Osaka University, Japan (2003-2005). Previously, he was assistant professor in the Department of Systems and Human Science at the same institution (1997-2000) and supervisor (1991-1997) and research fellow (1997-1998) at Cambridge University. He has also worked as a software engineer at Sun Microsystems and as chief technology officer at two venture companies. He has published more than 60 papers in HCI, robotics, machine learning, and cognitive science.

Research Interests

Android science; machine learning; social robotics; sensorimotor representation; symbol grounding and symbol emergence; computational neuroscience; computer security

Research by Topic

• machine learning algorithms
• cultural cognitive development
• human-centered design
• android science
• computational neuroscience
• sensorimotor representation
• symbol grounding and symbol emergence
• information and data modeling