builds artificial intelligence for robots to interact with humans in a smart, fun way by combining neuroscience, machine learning, and developmental psychology to model emotion. She has a Ph.D. in Informatics from Kyoto University in Japan, where she served as a researcher in the Okuno Speech Media Processing Lab. She currently works as a Software Engineering Manager at Aldebaran Robotics in Paris, France. Her previous creations include robots that play music in a human ensemble, speak and gesture with expression, and recognize emotion in movement.

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