Bio:  Parvati Dev, PhD

Parvati Dev completed her doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering on computer models of the brain at Stanford University, and is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology. She has worked on the research and teaching staff at M.I.T., Boston University, and Stanford, as well as leading product development for three-dimensional imaging at CEMAX, a medical imaging company. From 1990 to 2007, she led the SUMMIT Research Laboratory for Learning Technologies at Stanford University, where her research included studies on simulation and game-based learning. 

She now leads a new company, Innovation in Learning Inc., to further develop new online learning environments. She believes that virtual hospitals and homes, with virtual patients and families, will become standard in medical education as well as in patient education and medical marketing. This, together with high-resolution video, for immersive face-to-face interaction, will create a future learning environment that will erase geographic barriers and bring local knowledge to serve global needs.