As chief scientist and co-founder, Kris focuses on R&D at Narrative Science. His main priority is to define the future of Advanced NLG, the democratization of data-rich information and how language will drive both interactive communications and access to the Internet of Things (IoT). In addition to being chief scientist, Kris is a professor of computer science at Northwestern University. Prior to Northwestern, Kris founded the University of Chicago’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His research focuses on artificial intelligence, machine-generated content and context-driven information systems. Kris previously sat on a United Nations policy committee run by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR). Kris received his PhD from Yale.