Maja Matarić
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Maja Matarić is an American
human-robot interaction for socially assistive robotics, a new field she pioneered,[1][2] which focuses on creating robots capable of providing personalized therapy and care that helps people help themselves, through social rather than physical interaction. Her work has focused on aiding special needs populations including the elderly,[3] stroke patients,[4] and children with autism,[5][6] and has been deployed and evaluated in hospitals, therapy centers, schools, and homes.[7] She is also known for her earlier work on robot learning from demonstration, swarm robotics, robot teams,[8] and robot navigation
.
Matarić is also known for her many outreach activities aimed at engaging children, youth, educators, women, and other groups that are under-represented in computing, engineering, and science.[9]
Biography
Matarić was born in
Viterbi School of Engineering
(2005), as the elected President of the USC Faculty and the Academic Senate (2006-2007), Senior Associate Dean for Research in the Viterbi School of Engineering (2006–2011), Vice Dean for Research in the Viterbi School of Engineering (2011–2019), and interim Vice President of Research (2020–2021).
Awards and honors
Matarić received the
MIT Technology Review TR35 Award,[14] and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award.[15] She is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi, is one of five LA Times Magazine 2010 Visionaries,[16] and is featured in the Emmy Award-nominated documentary Me & Isaac Newton and in the New Yorker article "Robots that Care",[1] Popular Science article "The New Face of Autism Therapy", the IEEE Spectrum article "Caregiver Robots", The Wall Street Journal article "How to Build Robots People Can Relate To",[17] the BBC News, among many others. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023.[18]
References
- ^ a b "Robots that Care", Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, November 2, 2009.
- ^ Maja J. Matarić. "Socially assistive robotics: Human augmentation versus automation", Science Robotics, 2(4) Mar-2017. ([1])
- ^ "The social roboticist", Jascha Hoffman, Nature, Vol. 4, August 16, 2012.
- ^ "Wanted: Coach, Companion, Robot", The Atlantic, April 13, 2012.
- ^ "The New Face of Autism Therapy", Gregory Mone, Popular Science, June 1, 2010.
- ^ "Caregiver Robots", IEEE Spectrum, Susan Karlin, February 2010.
- ^ Maja J. Matarić. "On Relevance: Balancing Theory and Practice in HRI", Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI), 7(1) May-2018.
- ^ "A formal analysis and taxonomy of task allocation in multi-robot systems, BP Gerkey, MJ Matarić, The International journal of robotics research 23 (9), 939-954.
- ^ "Outreach Portfolio". Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Matarić, MJ. 1994. Interaction and Intelligent Behavior. Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
- ^ "USC Robotics Interaction Lab"
- ^ "President Honors Outstanding Science, Math and Engineering Mentors", The White House Office of the Press Secretary blog.
- ^ "Anita B.Org ABIE Awards"
- ^ "MIT TR 35 Innovators Under 35 Profile"
- ^ "IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award"
- ^ "Visionary Robocare" LA Times Magazine, January 2010.
- ^ "Matarić, Maja. How to Build Robots People Can Relate To. The Wall Street Journal. Oct. 11, 2019.
- ^ "New members". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
External links
- Professional website
- Maja Matarić publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Maja Matarić interview with impactmania
- "Socially Assistive Robots and the Growing Healthcare Problem", TEDx talk, Sep 15, 2010.
- Complete listing of media coverage with links
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