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<p>With sadness, Barry Kort has died. He will be missed for his
active participation in the LCTG, probing questions, critical
insights and his aurora background on Zoom.</p>
<p>No further information is available at this time.</p>
<p>Below is a short professional biography of Barry's
accomplishments put together by Harry Forsdick.</p>
<p>May Barry's memory be a blessing,</p>
<p>Peter<br>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0b5394">Barry
Kort is an accomplished engineer, educator, and
researcher with a diverse and influential background in
technology, education, and affective computing.</font></p>
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<p
style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important;margin:0.5em 0px!important"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0b5394"><strong>Education
and Early Career:</strong><br>
Barry Kort earned a Bachelor of Science in
electrical engineering with high distinction from
the University of Nebraska. He joined AT&T Bell
Laboratories in 1968, where he worked in the Network
Planning Division. Through Bell’s Graduate Study
Program, he completed both his master’s and Ph.D. in
electrical engineering at Stanford University. In
1984, he received Bell’s Distinguished Technical
Staff Award for his sustained contributions to
network planning[1].</font></p>
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<p
style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important;margin:0.5em 0px!important"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0b5394"><strong>Professional
Roles:</strong><br>
After the breakup of AT&T, Kort joined the
Network Technology Group at MITRE Corporation as a
Lead Engineer, working on communications
infrastructure for the NASA Space Station. He also
served as a consulting scientist at Bolt, Beranek,
and Newman (BBN) in Cambridge, MA, focusing on
network-mediated education and informal science
education, including the use of computer animations
and virtual communities[1].</font></p>
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<p
style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important;margin:0.5em 0px!important"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0b5394"><strong>Innovations
in Education:</strong><br>
Kort was a founding director of MicroMuse, the first
Multi-User Simulation Environment (MUSE) site
dedicated entirely to educational purposes. He was
instrumental in pioneering the use of virtual
environments for education, particularly for K-12
students, and was involved in projects that provided
technology and educational resources to underserved
schools[1].</font></p>
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<p
style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important;margin:0.5em 0px!important"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0b5394"><strong>Research
in Affective Computing:</strong><br>
Barry Kort is recognized for his research on the
relationship between emotions and learning. He has
explored how emotions can signal gaps or
misconceptions in knowledge and how attention to
emotional states can improve educational outcomes.
He was a research affiliate and later a Visiting
Scientist in the Affective Computing Group at the
MIT Media Lab, consulting on projects such as the
Affective Learning Companion[1][4].</font></p>
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<p
style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important;margin:0.5em 0px!important"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0b5394"><strong>Academic
and Research Interests:</strong><br>
Kort has published research in areas including
creative analytical practices, K-12 teacher
professional development, and technology in
education[3]. He is noted for his deep knowledge of
systems theory and learning theory[2].</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0b5394">In
summary, Barry Kort’s background spans electrical
engineering, network technology, educational innovation,
and pioneering research in affective computing and
learning sciences[1][2][3][4].</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 1.2em!important"><font
face="verdana, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0b5394">Sources<br>
[1] Archive—Barry Kort - Hard News Cafe <a
href="http://hardnews.ansci.usu.edu/archive/dec2001/1218_kort.html"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://hardnews.ansci.usu.edu/archive/dec2001/1218_kort.html</a><br>
[2] Barry Kort - Bedford, Massachusetts, United States -
LinkedIn <a
href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-kort-132884"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-kort-132884</a><br>
[3] Barry Kort - Independent Researcher - Academia.edu <a
href="https://independent.academia.edu/KortBarry"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://independent.academia.edu/KortBarry</a><br>
[4] Overview ‹ Barry Kort - MIT Media Lab <a
href="https://www.media.mit.edu/people/bkort/overview/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.media.mit.edu/people/bkort/overview/</a></font></p>
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