Phone:	781-292-2525
Fax:	781-292-2505
Email:	las@olin.edu
Homepage:	http://faculty.olin.edu/~las
Course websites:	ENGR 3220 Human Factors and Interface Design ENGR 3520 Foundations of Computer Science AHSE 1150 What is "I"?

Dr. Stein joined Olin from MIT, where she was an associate professor of Computer Science and directed a research group on interactive intelligent computer systems. Dr. Stein's pioneering approach to the teaching of computer science is based on this interactive model rather than the traditional linear view of computation. She studies ways to make computers smarter and humans more effective. She has built humanoid robots and intelligent rooms, next-generation (semantic) web infrastructure and philosophical theories. She is the recipient of the NSF Young Investigator Award and MIT's Spira Teaching Award, and IEEE Senior Member and a Fellow of the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics. She has a B.S. (cum laude) in computer science from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Brown University . In the 2007-2008 academic year, Dr. Stein will be on sabbatical leave at Harvard University 's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, but she welcomes contacts from the Olin community during this time.