Matthew Turk

Matthew Turk currently serves as President of the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago since July 2019. Previously, Matthew Turk held the title of Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara, where notable roles included Former Chair of the Computer Science Department and Former Chair of the Media Arts and Technology Program. Additional experience includes consulting for PTC from 2016 to 2018, co-founding Caugnate, which focused on Augmented Reality-based remote collaboration from 2014 to 2016, and conducting research at Microsoft from 1994 to 2000. Earlier in Matthew Turk's career, roles included Computer Scientist at Teleos Research and Senior Engineer at Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Media Arts and Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MS in Electrical Engineering/Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech.