Parkes named dean of John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Thu, 08/31/2023

David C. Parkes will become the next dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, effective Oct. 15.

Currently the George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science, Parkes leads research at the interface between economics and computer science, with a focus on multi-agent systems, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

In announcing the appointment, Hopi Hoekstra, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, called Parkes “a distinguished scholar of technology and society, who drives innovation and insight by bringing together people, disciplines, and industries around shared questions.”