 Professor
Mary (Missy) Cummings
office phone: 617.252.1512
fax: 617.253.4196
email: missyc@mit.edu
office number: 33-305
Mary (Missy)
Cummings received her B.S. in Mathematics from the United States Naval
Academy in 1988, her M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval
Postgraduate School in 1994, and her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from
the University of Virginia in 2003.
A naval officer and
military pilot from 1988-1999, she was one of the Navy's first female
fighter pilots. She is currently the Boeing Assistant Professor in the
Aeronautics & Astronautics Department at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Her previous teaching experience includes instructing for
the U.S. Navy at Pennsylvania State University and as an assistant professor
for the Virginia Tech Engineering Fundamentals Division. Her research
interests include human interaction with autonomous vehicle systems, humans
and automation, decision support, human-computer interaction, and the
ethical and social impact of technology.
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