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Michael Hawley

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(b.) November 18, 1961 — (d.) June 24, 2020
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Architect of MIT's "Things That Think" research program, Hawley also founded MIT's Go Expeditions program. His work at MIT had, in his own words, "sought to creatively stretch digital infrastructures, embedding intelligence into all sorts of artifacts and advancing the web of communications." Working at NeXT, Hawley was key in the development of the world's first digital library.

His work and research spanned the topics of psychology, computer music, digital video editing, human-computer interfaces, documentary photography, and more.

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