Dr. Amar Gupta shares his position with the AI-ICER and MIT where he leads and conducts research activities at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He rejoined MIT in 2015. Earlier, he worked at the MIT Sloan School and then as Thomas R. Brown Endowed Professor of Management and Technology, and tenured Professor of Entrepreneurship at University of Arizona. For parts of this period, he also served as Senior Director for Research and Business Development, Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Latin American Studies, Professor of Law, and Professor of Pharmacy. He was selected as The Best Teacher in 2011 by an unprecedented margin and subsequently later by students who took his new course, "Telemedicine and Telehealth for Global Health" at MIT. Between 2012 and 2015, he served as Dean of Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Science. He has served as an advisor to multiple agencies of the United Nations and has published 12 books. He has played a pivotal role in nucleating several technologies that are in broad use today, including AI-based Automated Reading and Processing of Bank Cheques, clipart, PC-based Presentation Graphics and the first microcomputer-based image database system. His current focus is on: Artificial Intelligence; 24-Hour Knowledge Factory; Telemedicine; and Global Health. Dr. Gupta holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering, a graduate degree in Management (from MIT) and a doctorate in Computer Science. He is an elected Life Fellow of IEEE.