Paul Pangaro

Paul Pangaro is a Visiting Professor and Adjunct Faculty in Computational Design at Carnegie Mellon University, directing the Laboratory for Cybernetics. He holds a PhD in Cybernetics from Brunel University (UK) and a BSci in Humanities/Computer Science from MIT. Pangaro's work spans academia, startups, and art, focusing on conversation models in design, AI ethics, and systems thinking. He co-leads the #NewMacy Initiative addressing modern AI challenges and reconstructed Gordon Pask’s Colloquy of Mobiles for the ZKM museum.

• Affiliations: Laboratory for Cybernetics, Computational Design Laboratory (CodeLab), American Society for Cybernetics (President).
• Teaching: Courses include Lab for Cybernetics: Engaging Wicked Challenges and History and Future of Interaction Design at CMU, and Introduction to Cybernetics at Stanford.

Research: Explores 'design for/as conversation,' applying cybernetic principles to human-machine interaction, organizational learning, and ethical AI. Key projects include the COLLOQUY 2018 art installation and prototyping conversational systems like THOUGHTSHUFFLER.

Awards: Warren McCulloch Award (2014), Cine Golden Eagle (1973/74), MIT Stewart Award (1974).

Labs/Teams: Leads the Laboratory for Cybernetics, collaborating on interdisciplinary projects with institutions like the University of Vienna and TU Berlin.