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Louis-Philippe Morency

Also known as Louis‐Philippe Morency

As of October 2026, Louis-Philippe Morency is Leonardo Associate Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University and leads the MultiComp Lab, where his research focuses on enabling computers to analyze and predict subtle human communication. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 2006. He was appointed a research assistant professor in the computer science department of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering in March 2009. IEEE Intelligent Systems named him one of AI's 10 to Watch in 2008, and he joined the Language Technologies Institute at Carnegie Mellon in 2015. The ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction gave him its Community Service Award in 2021 and its Sustained Accomplishment Award in 2023.

Works
508
Citations
40,201
h-index
85

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 15 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2006

    A doctorate from MIT CSAIL

    MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory grants him a Ph.D. in computer science in 2006.

  2. 2008

    Named to AI's 10 to Watch

    IEEE Intelligent Systems names him one of AI's 10 to Watch in 2008.

  3. March 2009

    Research assistant professor at USC

    The computer science department of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering appoints him a research assistant professor in March 2009.

  4. 2014

    A NetExplo top-ten pick

    The SimSensei prototype, which he co-leads, is named one of the year's top ten digital initiatives by the NetExplo Forum in 2014.

  5. 2015

    Joining CMU's Language Technologies Institute

    He joins the Language Technologies Institute (LTI) at Carnegie Mellon in 2015 as an assistant professor and director of the Multimodal Communication and Machine Learning Laboratory.

  6. February 2018

    A three-year Finmeccanica chair

    He receives a three-year Finmeccanica Career Development Professorship in Computer Science in February 2018.

  7. 2021–2023

    ICMI community and sustained awards

    The ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction gives him its Community Service Award in 2021 and its Sustained Accomplishment Award in 2023.

  8. As of October 2026

    Leonardo Associate Professor at CMU

    He is Leonardo Associate Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University's Language Technologies Institute and leads the MultiComp Lab. His research focuses on enabling computers to analyze and predict subtle human communicative behaviors during social interactions.

Sources and credits

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  1. Morency Receives Finmeccanica Chair cs.cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. ICT Research Scientist Earns Prestigious Nod - Institute for Creative Technologies ict.usc.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. ICT Scientist Earns Appointment in USC’s Computer Science Department - Institute for Creative Technologies ict.usc.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. ICT Virtual Human Health Prototype Named Top Ten Digital Innovation by NetExplo Forum - Institute for Creative Technologies ict.usc.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Personal Mention - The Piper - Carnegie Mellon University cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Steering Committee | ICMI 2024 :: 26th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction icmi.acm.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Louis-Philippe Morency - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  8. Louis-Philippe Morency | NSF National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming | University of Colorado Boulder colorado.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.
  9. Multicomp Lab multicomp.cs.cmu.edu. Checked 15 October 2026.