Erin Drake Kajioka

At-a-Glance

Leads Applied Game Design at Google DeepMind, focusing on using game design for AI evaluation and educational structures.
Serves as CEO & Game Director of Sense of Wonder, a company she founded in 2012.
Previously an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University from 2016 to 2018.
Has been involved in making games and game-like technology since 1999.
Specializes in innovation, games and machine learning/AI, and vision-setting for future horizons.

Biography

Erin Drake Kajioka leads Applied Game Design at Google DeepMind, where she applies game design techniques to create educational structures for and evaluate artificial intelligence. In this role, she leads teams in experimental projects at the forefront of emerging technologies, charting explorations and sharing discoveries with executive leadership.

Her career in game and game-like technology spans since 1999. She is the CEO and Game Director of Sense of Wonder, a company she founded in 2012.