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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)

A WPI education has never been more relevant than it is today, because the demand for innovative thinkers who can solve problems on a global scale has never been greater.

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Thomas Lextrait

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Built native mobile apps for iOS in Objective-C and Swift, and for Android in Java, as well as web applications in C#, Java, Python, NodeJS, PHP and Go. Personal site: http://tlextrait.com Personal blog: http://tlextrait.svbtle.com Company blog: https://medium.com/go-ahead-tours-tech-blog

Dr. Gina Guillaume-Joseph

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Ishita Tibrewal

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#IgnitingDreams at the McLendon Foundation || Data-Driven at NACDA || Leveraging Left-Brain Analysis & Right-Brain Creativity to every challenge and task || Strategic thinker with a coachable mindset.

Alex Schwartz

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Previously Founder/CEO of Google-acquired Owlchemy Labs, creators of some of the most popular VR games, including Job Simulator. Now Founder/CEO of Tangle, the collaboration tool bringing joy to remote work. Raised > 10mil to build and grow a unique communication platform that brings culture back to remote teams. http://tangle.app Started and grew Owlchemy from 1 to 25-person team, creative director on all projects, raised 5mil in funding, and led Google acquisition in 2017. Forbes 30 under 30 Games 2017. On the side I angel invest, advise large gaming/tech orgs, and start developer communities such as VR Austin and Boston Unity Group. I’ve had the opportunity to keynote / speak at 40+ conferences around the world sharing lessons, learnings, and abject failures. I love wearing multiple hats and began my generalist journey as a Technical Artist on console game projects. I then transitioned to design, production, partner management, and running / building companies. I enjoy problem solving, whether it’s building unique products or crafting the perfect smoked turkey.

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I am an UXR / HCI researcher for AI research and products. Some highlights about me: - 5 years of Sr. UXR experience at Meta, 4 years at the AI research org FAIR. I’ve worked on numerous FAIR AI models and Meta’s AI products, and helped establish UXR function for AI labs. Multiple HCI publications while there (see below). - PhD in Computer Science (focus on HCI and HRI) from UC Santa Cruz. 8 years of academic research in total. 6 PhD internships done in grad school, at Spotify, Google, LinkedIn, and eBay with papers and a patent from these works. My MSc was focused on social robotics. - I have a passion, expertise and relevant experience in conducting foundational research on new interaction paradigms with AI. As an example, Spotify’s AI DJ product was my internship project, which I prototyped myself and did user studies on. - I am also an expert on interactive agents (virtual, robotics, sociable, co-creative, collaborative, etc.). I helped shape Meta’s AI agent UX strategy (from FAIR to GenAI and RL) and frequently review for relevant academic conferences.

Bonnie Whitney, Ph.D.

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Computational Materials Engineer

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Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Manetu Inc.