Deb Roy is Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT where he directs the MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC). He is also co-founder and CEO of Cortico, a nonprofit social technology company and deployment partner of CCC. In collaboration with colleagues at CCC, Cortico, and a growing network of collaborators, Roy designs human-machine systems for understanding and navigating social media media ecosystems, and for creating new communication spaces for stronger democracy.