Cynthia Breazeal — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Pioneer of social robotics and human-robot interaction.
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, where she directs the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab.
Serves as Dean for Digital Learning at MIT Open Learning and Director of the MIT RAISE Initiative.
Co-founded Jibo, Inc. in 2012, a company that developed companion robots for the family.
Developed Kismet, the world's first social robot, as her doctoral thesis under Rodney Brooks.
Authored several books in the field of AI robotics and hundreds of peer-reviewed papers.

Biography

Cynthia Breazeal is an American AI and robotics scientist and entrepreneur, recognized as a pioneer of social robotics and human-robot interaction. She currently serves as a Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she directs the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab.