Cory D. Kidd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cory D. Kidd is researching human-robot interaction at the MIT Media Lab.  He is currently a Ph.D. candidate expecting to complete his degree in early 2007.  He holds an MS in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab and a BS in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of
Technology. His current research interests are applying sociable robotics to health care applications.  During the last 5 years, he has completed experiments using 6 different robots to explore various aspects of human-robot interaction.  From this, he has learned how to create functional, successful interactions between people and robots and about how people perceive robots. Prior to coming to MIT, he was a Research Scientist in the College of computing at Georgia Tech.  His research was in ubiquitous computing, where he worked on the Aware Home Research Initiative, a research project exploring applications in an intelligent home environment.  Much of the work focused on finding ways to allow an elderly person to live in their own home longer rather than moving into an assisted living facility.