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Andres is finishing his PhD at the MIT Media Lab. He does research on human-computing interaction and social computing. In particular, he focuses on the design and study of online communities. As part of his research, he created the Scratch online community, a website where close to one million kids from around the world share, program and remix animations and video games. He has a secondary research interest in creating technologies for use in the developing world. He co-founded Sana Mobile, a mobile healthcare system for patients in remote locations. His work has been recognized at Ars Electronica, the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition and by fellowships from Samsung, Bradesco and Telmex. Starting September 2011, he will be a post-doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research and a Berkman Fellow at Harvard. Andrés holds a master's in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and a bachelor's in computer engineering from Tec de Monterrey in México.
Andres is finishing his PhD at the MIT Media Lab. He does research on human-computing interaction and social computing. In particular, he focuses on the design and study of online communities. As part of his research, he created the Scratch online community, a website where close to one million kids from around the world share, program and remix animations and video games. He has a secondary research interest in creating technologies for use in the developing world. He co-founded Sana Mobile, a mobile healthcare system for patients in remote locations. His work has been recognized at Ars Electronica, the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition and by fellowships from Samsung, Bradesco and Telmex. Starting September 2011, he will be a post-doctoral researcher at Microsoft Research and a Berkman Fellow at Harvard. Andrés holds a master's in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and a bachelor's in computer engineering from Tec de Monterrey in México.
Last updated September 16, 2011