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With a background in cognitive science, psychology, and human-computer interaction, I examine human encounters with increasingly autonomous technologies. I received B.A.s in cognitive science and psychology from UC Berkeley, an M.A. in communication from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in communication from Stanford University. I was also a tenured Associate Professor at UC Santa Cruz until 2022 when I left to pursue my Hoku Labs work. Beyond my academic work, I have led user-experience research for Project Wing and other robotics projects at Google X. At Willow Garage, I led and managed a team that worked on the design of PR2 (a mobile manipulation research robot), the Beam telepresence robots, and ROS (the open source robot operating system). I have served as a World Economic Forum Global Futures Council Member and Young Global Leader. In 2015, I was presented the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Early Career Award. In 2012, I was named a TR35 winner and one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company. I have served on advisory boards for Suitable Technologies (acquired by Blue Ocean Robotics), Cobalt Robotics, Companion, and Farm-ng. In case you’re wondering, my first name is pronounced “Lay-lah” like the Eric Clapton song. For more information, please see my research publications in Google Scholar, personal website, resume, and CV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/0dbb52ae-f391-4d57-a827-f833e8601a5f/poptech.jpg About Pop!Tech presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/9609d48a-51c5-4764-b253-0bfa413286fe/tr35.jpg About MIT Tech Review TR35 video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/27fc0d91-173d-4a58-bda4-2a0dbcf027eb/tedtalk.jpg About TEDx presentation (over 1M views) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/1c5cd939-c1b3-425a-8327-7e485203661d/IMG_0372.jpg About Trying my hand at flying a deep sea ROV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/b6372aad-15e0-4342-8ee1-15aa9ac016d1/speaking.JPG About Stepping up to the mic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/71ae0cfe-2d7b-4527-93e4-d71874864943/speakingsign.JPG About Presenting at AAAS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/882190cb-518a-4aaf-9f4d-72975b344a2e/mbari_lrauv.jpg About Collaborating with MBARI colleagues on long-range AUVs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/11fbcf83-4963-4427-8059-ff4db300d937/wef_gac.jpg About World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council in Abu Dhabi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/21000619-24c3-41cd-bfad-d29fb3cc515b/media.jpg About Media coverage of my HRI research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/75d55aa0-27f4-4ba6-be92-193a407e2598/catbot.PNG About Catbot illustration by Nick Vargas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61ce05e89398d256f865a6b1/7d5595ef-c073-41f2-8846-949b6f93e94e/duckrobot.jpg About Duck lady robot illustration by Rutu Modan https://www.hokulabs.com/pubs daily 0.75 2025-01-08