Nate Derbinsky is a Teaching Professor, as well as the Associate Dean of Teaching Faculty, in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, drawing inspiration and techniques from cognitive science, database systems, and optimization. Nate earned his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan and was a Postdoctoral Associate at Disney Research. In parallel with undergraduate and graduate work, he founded BitX Solutions, a small corporation based in North Carolina; for 11 years, the firm worked on such diverse project as tracking evidence for law-enforcement agencies; managing supplies at food banks; providing diagnostic training for neurology interns; and supplying comprehensive web-based fellowship/scholarship advising for thousands of students and faculty members at two universities.