John Wilder
Assistant Teaching Professor, Northeastern University. John Wilder is the academic lead for the MPS in Applied AI program and an Assistant Teaching Professor for both the Applied AI program and the Analytics program. Before this role, Dr. Wilder was a part-time Lecturer in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences and worked in industry, developing virtual reality software for optometrists. His research journey has taken him through roles as a research associate at the University of Toronto, and as a postdoctoral researcher at both York University and the University of Toronto. His work focuses on the intersection of human visual perception, neuroscience, and computer vision. Dr. Wilder earned my PhD in Cognitive Psychology and an MS in Computer Science from Rutgers University.