Joseph Paradiso

oe Paradiso is the Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, where he directs the Responsive Environments group and currently serves at the Academic Head.  He received his PhD in Physics from MIT in 1981 and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Tufts University in 1977, then joined the Media Lab in 1994 after developing spacecraft control and sensor systems at Draper Laboratory and high-energy physics detectors at CERN Geneva and ETH Zurich.  He is an IEEE Fellow renowned for work in wearable sensing systems, energy harvesting technology, and electronic music controllers, and a pioneer in Internet of Things applications.  His current research broadly explores how sensor networks and AI augment and mediate human experience, interaction and perception.  This has encompassed wireless sensing systems, wearable and body sensor networks, ubiquitous/pervasive computing, human-computer interfaces, space-based systems, sensate materials, digital twins in virtual worlds, and interactive music/media. He has written over 400 articles and papers and holds over 25 patents in these areas.  Joe has also been designing, building, and using his own electronic music synthesizers since the early 1970s.  He has always enjoyed composing electronic soundscapes and seeking out edgy and unusual music from around the world.