Louis. Prior to joining Washington University, he was on the faculty at Virginia Tech and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Das received Ph.D. and S.M. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an A.B. from Harvard University, all in Computer Science. Das' research is in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and especially their intersection with finance, economics, and the social sciences. He has received an NSF CAREER Award and the Department Chair Award for Outstanding Teaching at Washington University. Das has served as program co-chair of AAMAS and AMMA, and regularly serves on the senior program #committees of major AI conferences like AAAI and IJCAI.