Open Learning - A Conversation with Prof. Sanjay Sarma

Sanjay Sarma is the Fred Fort Flowers and Daniel Fort Flowers
Professor of Mechanical Engineering. From 2012 until 2021, Sanjay
led MIT Open Learning, first as director, then as dean, and
finally as vice president. MIT Open Learning includes the Office
of Digital Learning, the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative
(MITili), the Center for Advanced Virtuality, and the Abdul Latif
Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL). In 2020 Sanjay published
Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn, which he
co-authored with Luke Yoquinto.


Previously, Sanjay co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT and
developed many of the key technologies behind the Electronic
Product Code suite of radio frequency identification (RFID)
standards now used worldwide. He was also the founder and CTO of
OATSystems, which was acquired by Checkpoint Systems in 2008.
Sanjay has authored over 100 academic papers in computational
geometry, sensing, RFID, automation, and computer-aided design,
and is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching and
research, including the MacVicar Fellowship, the BusinessWeek
eBiz Award, and InformationWeek’s Innovators and Influencers
Award.


Social Links


LinkedIn: @mit-open-learning


Twitter: @mitopenlearning