D. Fox Harrell, Ph.D., is Professor of Digital Media, Computing, and Artificial Intelligence in the Comparative Media Studies Program, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), and Institute for Data, Systems, and Society at MIT. He is the director of the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality. His research explores the relationship between imagination and computation and involves inventing new forms of VR, computational narrative, videogaming for social impact, and related digital media forms. He is a Nebula Award Finalist, Emmy Award winner, and recipient of an NSF CAREER Award. Dr. Harrell holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. His other degrees include a Master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunication from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and a B.S. in Logic and Computation and B.F.A. in Art (electronic and time-based media) from Carnegie Mellon University – each with highest honors. He has worked as an interactive television producer and as a game designer. His book Phantasmal Media: An Approach to Imagination, Computation, and Expression was published by the MIT Press (2013).