I am an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Notre Dame, and am Director of the Robotics, Health, and Communication Lab. We perform fundamental research in socially interactive robotics and human communication, and apply the research to real-world problems in Health, Education, and Quality of Life.

I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and my B.Sc. in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University. In between the two, I worked for eight years as a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer and Roboticst at MITRE, a not-for-profit research institute. 

In my spare time, I enjoy taking photographs, playing music, and studying Japanese.