Boris Efimovich Groys(born 19 March 1947 inBerlin,Germany) is an art critic, media theorist, and philosopher. He is a professor of Russian and Slavic Studies atNew York Universityand senior research fellow at the Academy of Design inKarlsruhe, Germany. He has been a professor ofAesthetics, Art History, andMedia Theoryat the Academy of Design/Center for Art and Media Technology (HfG/ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany and a visiting professor at a number of universities in the United States and Europe, including theUniversity of Pennsylvaniaand theUniversity of Southern California.