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Rohit Parikh is a Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY). He maintains dual appointments at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center, where he teaches courses in Belief, Knowledge and Games, Artificial Intelligence, Formal Languages, Theory of Computation, and Modal Logic. His academic career spans institutions including Stanford, NYU, Boston University, SUNY Buffalo, Bristol, and Panjab universities, with research positions at IBM, Bell Labs, Caltech, MIT, and Berkeley.
- Educated at Harvard University (A.B. in Physics, 1957; A.M. in Mathematics, 1959; Ph.D. in Mathematical Logic, 1962)
- Former student placements include Brown University, University of Maryland, Haifa, Chennai, Paris, and CUNY
- Principal organizer of the Seminar in Logic and Games at CUNY Graduate Center
Parikh's research centers on the intersection of logic, knowledge, and social systems. His work bridges computer science, mathematics, and philosophy through investigations into epistemic logic, game theory, belief revision, and the philosophy of language. He pioneered the concept of 'social software'—applying logical frameworks to analyze social procedures and algorithms. His research on vagueness connects Wittgensteinian language games with computational models, while his contributions to epistemic game theory examine how knowledge structures influence strategic behavior. Recent work explores the logic of collective action, non-person ontology, and the relationship between Buddhist philosophy and Popperian rationalism.
His publication trends reveal deep engagement with knowledge representation (62% of recent works), social interaction modeling (23%), and philosophical logic (15%). Key recurring subfields include epistemic game theory, vagueness semantics, belief dynamics, social ontology, logical omniscience, and language-game formalization. His methodological approach consistently integrates mathematical rigor with philosophical insight across disciplines.
Parikh has advised numerous doctoral students whose careers span global institutions. His professional leadership includes organizing the NYCAC-3 conference, serving on program committees for WOLLIC, DEON, LOFT, and other major logic conferences, and co-organizing the Seminar in Logic and Games which attracts speakers from Princeton, Yale, Columbia, and international institutions.
His research infrastructure includes the Logic and Games seminar series and collaborations through the CUNY Graduate Center's computer science department. Current projects examine the capability approach, vagueness through social software, and theoretical foundations of collective action.
