Patricia Maes

Professor, Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Joined

March 2020

Names

Patricia Maes (Preferred)

Emails

****@media.mit.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Homepage

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Career & Education History

Professor

Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)

1991 – Present

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Coworker

Manuel Cherep

2023 – Present

Coauthor

Pat Pataranutaporn

2018 – Present

Coauthor

Valdemar Danry

2015 – Present

Coauthor

Misha Sra

2010 – Present

PhD Advisor

Luc Steels

1983 – 1987

Expertise

Human Computer Interaction

1990 – Present

Publications

When One Modality Sabotages the Others: A Diagnostic Lens on Multimodal Reasoning
Chenyu Zhang, Minsol Kim, Shohreh Ghorbani, Jingyao Wu, Rosalind W. Picard, Patricia Maes, Paul Pu Liang
- CoRR 2025
- Readers: Everyone
Discovering and Steering Interpretable Concepts in Large Generative Music Models
Nikhil Singh, Manuel Cherep, Patricia Maes
- ICLR 2026 Poster
- Readers: Everyone
EmoSign: A Multimodal Dataset for Understanding Emotions in American Sign Language
Phoebe Chua, Cathy Mengying Fang, Takehiko Ohkawa, Raja Kushalnagar, Paul Pu Liang, Suranga Chandima Nanayakkara, Patricia Maes
- Submitted to ICLR 2026
- Readers: Everyone
A Framework for Studying AI Agent Behavior: Evidence from Consumer Choice Experiments
Manuel Cherep, Chengtian Ma, Abigail Xu, Maya Shaked, Patricia Maes, Nikhil Singh
- ICLR 2026 Poster
- Readers: Everyone
Exploring RAG-driven Multimodal LLMs for Explainable ECG Interpretation
Minsol Kim, Du Liu, Ragasudha Botta, Seok Gyu Han, Man Jiang, Jason Gusdorf, Patricia Maes, Paul Pu Liang
- NeurIPS 2025 Workshop BrainBodyFM
- Readers: Everyone
Discovering and Steering Interpretable Concepts in Large Generative Music Models
Nikhil Singh, Manuel Cherep, Patricia Maes
- AI4Music
- Readers: Everyone
Behavioral Systems Require Behavioral Tests
Manuel Cherep, Nikhil Singh, Patricia Maes
- LAW
- Readers: Everyone
Targeted dream incubation at sleep onset increases post-sleep creative performance
Adam Haar Horowitz, Kathleen N. Esfahany, Tomás Vega Gálvez, Patricia Maes, Robert Stickgold
- Scientific Reports
- Readers: Everyone
A Framework for Studying AI Agent Behavior: Evidence from Consumer Choice Experiments
Manuel Cherep, Chengtian Ma, Abigail Xu, Maya Shaked, Patricia Maes, Nikhil Singh
- LAW
- Readers: Everyone
Artificial "Authentic" Intelligence: Can AI Systems Embody and Evolve Cultural Heritage? A Case Study of "Cyber Subin" and Thai Traditional Dance
Pat Pataranutaporn, Chayapatr Archiwaranguprok, Phoomparin Mano, Piyaporn Bhongse-tong, Patricia Maes, Pichet Klunchun
- NeurIPS Creative AI Track 2025
- Readers: Everyone

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