Jeffrey Hargrave
Phone:	(617) 253-5261
FAX:	(617) 258-8607
Address:	77 Massachusetts Ave Building E51-IHTFP Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
E-Mail:	jhargrave@mit.edu

I'm department chair of the MIT Laboratory of Anthropological Intelligence, an interdisciplinary venture between the departments of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Anthropology. I'm currently teaching 21A.533 (cross-listed as 6.855).

I'm working with an excellent group of graduate students from both departments on ways to understand the complicated interaction (and fine line) between computers and humankind. In particular, my group focuses on the influence of computer technology in the burgeoning field of biolinguistic anthropology. Our current projects include a new principled approach to the automated speech recognition of indigenous peoples in third world countries, and a long-term, multi-decade plan to systematically implant every parking meter in southern Uganda with BlueTooth streaming technology. I also am proud to consider myself a scholar in the history of this great university and its surrounding area.

Selected papers from recent history:

2005

Fernando Valentino and Jeffrey Hargrave, Visualizing Consistent Hashing Using Encrypted Epistemologies, Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Epistemological Anthropology (ACEA), Sept 2005. PDF

Jeffrey Hargrave, Flora Basinger and Mark Zarqawi, Investigation of Expert Systems, Journal of Investigative Compupology, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 34-40, June 2005. PDF

2004

Thaddeus Westerson, Jeffrey Hargrave and Holden Peebles, Analyzing Semaphores Using "Smart" Models, Computers and Us Quarterly, Standard Edition, Vol 22., No. 32, pp. 765-769, Oct. 2004. PDF

Awards

• Voted Favorite Anthropologist/Computer Scientist by the MIT student body three years running
• Distinguished Lecturer at Harvard, College London, and IIT Bangalore
• Honorary Chair of the MIT Society for the Advancement of Anthropology
• Fellow of the National Order of Anthroputology

Note to Prospective Graduate Students

I do not have time to answer all of your emails; please understand that my schedule is very busy. Please fax my secretary at the above number to receive a more prompt answer regarding advice about graduate school. Thanks for your interest!

Last updated 10/05/2005 by jhargrave@mit.edu