Daniel Huttenlocher

Daniel Huttenlocher is the inaugural Dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, an interdisciplinary hub focused on computer science and artificial intelligence, and an award-winning researcher and teacher. He was faculty at Cornell for over three decades, where his research focused on computer vision and large-scale social networks. During his tenure, Huttenlocher helped found Cornell Tech, the technology graduate school created by Cornell University in New York City, and served as its first Dean and Vice Provost. He has a mix of academic and industry background, with previous experience at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and as Chief Technology Officer of Intelligent Markets. Huttenlocher also serves on the boards of Corning Incorporated and Amazon.com. He is a former member of MacArthur's Science Advisory Committee, and he grew up in Chicago.