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Dr. Neil Thompson
Innovation Scholar, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Research Scientist, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE)
Primary DLC
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Room:
32-G790
(617) 324-6029
neil_t@mit.edu
https://www-csail-mit-edu.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/person/neil-thompson
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship (TIE)
Strategic Management
Research Summary
Dr. Thompson is an innovation scholar in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a research scientist at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and an associate member of the Broad Institute. His research interests include computer performance and economic outcomes, tools and innovation, patenting and licensing, and executing on innovation and strategy. Previously, he was an assistant professor of innovation and strategy at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a visiting professor at Harvard University’s Laboratory for Innovation Science. Before joining academia, he worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Bain and Co., the United Nations, World Bank, and Canadian Parliament. He earned a B.S. in physics from Queen’s University, an M.S. in economics from the London School of Economics, and MS degrees in computer science and statistics, and a Ph.D. in business and public policy, from the University of California, Berkeley.
Recent Work
Projects
September 14, 2023
MIT Sloan School of Management
FutureTech
Principal Investigator
Neil Thompson
Related Faculty
Rafael Pinto Da Rocha
Graduate Student
Dr. Peter Hirst
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Prof. Swati Gupta
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