Alejandro Noriega

Alejandro Noriega is a PhD candidate at the MIT Media Lab whose research focuses on the use of human and artificial intelligence in social decision systems. He is also a master of science in Technology and Policy from the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). His research lies at the intersection of decision sciences, artificial intelligence, causal inference, policy, and economics. The vision driving Alejandro’s career is to bridge academic breakthroughs in AI with their sensible application for the public good. In the past few years he has conducted applied research projects with the United Nations’ Big Data initiative (Global Pulse), the national governments of Mexico, Colombia, Andorra, and Saudi Arabia, as well as several partners in industry. Alejandro is native of Mexico City, an alumnus of ITAM, and a Fulbright Fellow since 2013.