Founding Faculty at Olin College of Engineering
Professor of Computer & Cognitive Science
Director of Olin’s Initiative for Innovation in Engineering Education
Dr. Lynn Stein is a Founding Faculty member at Olin College of Engineering, serving as Professor of Computer & Cognitive Science and Director of Olin’s Initiative for Innovation in Engineering Education. She holds a Ph.D. and Sc.M. in Computer Science from Brown University and an A.B. in Computer Science from Harvard University.
From 1990 to 2000, Dr. Stein held positions as an assistant and then associate professor in the EECS Department at MIT, where she also contributed to the AI Laboratory and Laboratory for Computer Science. Her research expertise spans artificial intelligence, programming languages, and engineering and computer science education.
Over two and a half decades, Dr. Stein has collaborated globally to advance computing and engineering education, leading workshops and serving on advisory committees for numerous academic institutions and curricular programs.