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==Faculty and academic research staff==
Media arts and sciences faculty and academic research staff are principal investigators/heads of the media lab's various research groups. They also advise media arts and sciences graduate students and mentor MIT undergraduates. "Most departments accept grad students based on their prospects for academic success; the media lab attempts to select ones that will best be able to help with some of the ongoing projects."<ref>Timmer, John. "Building The Next Big Thing: 25 Years of MIT's Media Lab". Wired News. October 24, 2010.</ref>

{{as of|2014}}, there are more than 25 faculty and academic research staff members, including a dozen named professorships.  A full list of media lab faculty and academic research staff, with bios and other information, is available via the media lab website.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.media.mit.edu/people/faculty.html |title=Media.MIT.edu |access-date=2011-10-23}}</ref>

{{as of|August 2019}}, [[Alex Pentland]] is professor of media arts and sciences, Toshiba Professor and Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program Director.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.media.mit.edu/people/sandy/overview/|website=MIT|title=Alex 'Sandy' Pentland|access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>