Matthew Stone

Matthew Stone is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. His primary affiliations are within the School of Arts and Sciences, with cross-listed involvement in Cognitive Science and Perceptual Science. He focuses on designing conversational agents that integrate natural language understanding and generation with grounded, meaningful interactions. Key roles include teaching courses such as CS 440 (Introduction to AI) and CS 504 (Computational Modeling).

His research emphasizes the computational foundations of meaning, integrating philosophy, linguistics, and AI to create systems that contextualize communication through environmental grounding, intentional reasoning, and collaborative dialogue. Notable projects include the SPUD system for natural language generation and work on multimodal interaction through gesture and facial signals. He has been funded for projects like 'Community-led Language Technology for NJ: A Design Justice Approach.'

• Education: PhD in Computer Science (assumed based on faculty role).
• Awards: Influential Paper Recognition (SIGGRAPH '94), RDI^2 Fellowship for Malihe Alikhani.
• Grants: Community-led Language Technology Project (2021).

Stone collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and mentors students like Malihe Alikhani. His labs explore topics such as embodied conversational agents, computational pragmatics, and language grounding in robotics. Recent work emphasizes ethical and societal implications of AI, advocating for inclusive technology design.