Mark A. Finlayson

Mark A. Finlayson is an Associate Professor and Associate Director at Florida International University's Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences. His research explores computational models of narrative using NLP and AI.

As director of the Cognac Laboratory, he investigates semantic patterns in stories across cultural contexts, including computational folkloristics. Awards include an NSF CAREER grant for narrative learning systems and recognition as an Edison Fellow at the USPTO.

His work applies narrative analysis to domains from folklore to security studies.