Jeff Lieberman (roboticist)

Jeff Lieberman

Jeff Lieberman (2009)
Born March, 1978
Florida
Occupation roboticist, television presenter

Jeff Lieberman (born March 1978) is the host of the show Time Warp on Discovery Channel.

Lieberman, originally from Florida, holds two B.S. degrees, in Mathematics and Physics, and two M.S. degrees, in Mechanical Engineering and Media Arts & Sciences with a focus in Robotics, all from MIT. He is currently taking a leave of absence from pursuing a Ph.D due to the demands of filming.[1] Before his leave, he worked in the MIT Media Lab in Cynthia Breazeal's[2] Personal Robots Group.[3]

He also works in robotic sculpture, most notably and recently having built the "Absolut Quartet",[4] with Daniel Paluska commissioned by Absolut Vodka, which is currently on display at Ars Electronica, in Austria.[5]

Jeff is also a musician, playing several instruments as well as singing. His first starring role in a feature film was in the romantic musical comedy "83 Errers".[6]

References

  1. ^ http://blogs.discovery.com/time_warp/2009/06/paradox-of-choice.html
  2. ^ http://web.media.mit.edu/~cynthiab/
  3. ^ http://robotic.media.mit.edu/projects/robots/tikl/tikl.html Example of Jeff's research
  4. ^ ABSOLUT MACHINES - ABSOLUT QUARTET on YouTube
  5. ^ http://90.146.8.18/en/archives/picture_ausgabe_03_new.asp?iAreaID=486&showAreaID=486&iImageID=65446
  6. ^ http://tech.mit.edu/V120/N8/83_Erreres.8a.html

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