Dartmouth College · Cognitive science, AI concentration

JR Tibbetts

Student, researcher, and lighting designer

I use computational methods to study how minds work — and stage lighting to shape how a story lands.

JR Tibbetts

Research & coursework

Academics

Working memory in large language models, information theory, and theories of consciousness — a computational approach to cognition in biological and artificial systems.

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Portfolio

Lighting design

Production photos from The Late Wedding and Ride the Cyclone, where creative storytelling meets a very technical instrument.

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Off the clock

I’m an avid cyclist and hiker, usually somewhere in the mountains and back roads of northern New England. This year I serve on the executive board of Dartmouth’s cycling team as social media manager.

I’ve summited all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000-foot peaks.

48 / 48  ·  3 years, 1 month, 4 days