Director
Jhonatan Rotberg is the Telmex Visiting Scientist at the MIT Media Lab. He is also a Lecturer in the Media Arts and Sciences Program. Rotberg is experienced in the original conception and deployment of innovative ICT applications and content in developing countries, and in building projects and organizations based around digital technologies. Previous to joining Telmex, he started various companies in the financial and high-tech sectors, and worked as financial analyst and consultant in various investment and consulting firms.

Faculty Sponsor, Entrepreneurship
Prof. Pentland is a pioneer in mobile information systems, technology for developing countries, consumer health, and smart environments. One of the most-cited computer scientists in the world, with international awards in the Arts, Sciences and Engineering, he was chosen by Newsweek as one of the 100 Americans likely to shape this century. His focus is the development of human-centered technology, and the creation of ventures that take this technology into the real world. He is the Director of MIT's Human Dynamics research program and a co-founder of the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship.

Faculty Sponsor, Education
Prof. Resnick develops new technologies that engage people in creative learning experiences. His Lifelong Kindergarten research group developed the "programmable bricks" that are the basis for the LEGO MindStorms and PicoCricket construction kits. He co-founded the Computer Clubhouse international network of after-school learning centers for youth from low-income communities, and his group recently unveiled Scratch, a new programming language that enables kids to create their own interactive stories, games, and animations and share them online.

Instructor
Dr. Sarmenta is a Research Scientist at the MIT Computer Science and A.I. Laboratory (CSAIL). His current main research at MIT is in Trusted Computing. However, he also has a continuing interest in ICT for Development, as well as Mobile Computing in general, springing from his work in the Philippines as part of the faculty at Ateneo de Manila University. Sarmenta has personally experienced the revolutionary impact that mobile phones have had in the developing world, and thus deeply believes in the enormous life-changing potential of mobile phone applications. Dr. Sarmenta is originally from the Philippines, and he holds a PhD from MIT’s CSAIL.

Instructor
Dr. Fletcher is currently Visiting Scientist at the MIT Media Lab, where he received his PhD in low-cost RFID technology and wireless sensors. Rich also holds two undergraduate degrees from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Physics. He has over 15 years research experience in RFID and wireless systems, participating in a number of projects in industry and the military as well as academia. Fletcher is Colombian and since 1996 has been working with a number of MIT initiatives in the area of ICT for developing countries. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Fletcher has co-founded for-profit companies First-Mile Solutions and United Villages that are deploying technologies in developing regions around the world.

Instructor
Dr. Clifford is a Principal Research Scientist in the Laboratory for Computational Physiology at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences where he manages a R01 NIH-funded research program, and contributes to the PhysioNet Research Resource. His research is focused on providing open-source tools and public-access data for the evaluation of clinical problems. Clifford is also a member of SAMP, the Systems Analysis, Modelling and Prediction Group in the Dept. of Engineering Science, Oxford University. Dr. Clifford has published widely on biomedical signal processing, including a recent book, and is an editor for BioMedical Engineering OnLine, a BMC Open-Access Journal with discounted publishing for developing countries."

Research Scientist, MIT
Dr. Eagle is a Research Scientist at MIT and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute. As part of his EPROM (Entrepreneurial Programming and Research on Mobiles) initiative, Eagle is training computer science professors from 10 African universities how to teach mobile programming to their students. The project's aim is to design a globally applicable mobile phone programming curriculum while fostering mobile phone-related research and entrepreneurship. During the last several years he has served as an Adjunct Professor at the GSTIT in Ethiopia and a Fulbright Lecturer at the University of Nairobi.