Dr. Laurel Riek is the David R. Miller Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego, and also has appointments in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Contextual Robotics Institute, and Design Lab.
Dr. Riek directs the Healthcare Robotics Lab, and leads research in human-robot interaction (HRI), assistive technology, and health informatics. Riek's current research projects have applications in acute care, neurorehabilitation, and dementia caregiving, and works closely with community organizations, disabled people, and healthcare workers.
Prof. Riek received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, and B.S. in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University. Riek previously served as a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer and Roboticist at The MITRE Corporation, and held the Clare Boothe Luce chair in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.
Dr. Riek has received the NSF CAREER Award, AFOSR Young Investigator Award, Qualcomm Research Award, and several best paper awards. Riek currently leads the ONR MURI HUDDLE project. Dr. Riek's research has been supported by the NSF, AFOSR, ONR, DOE, UCOP, and a number of companies and foundations.
Prof. Riek currently serves on the editorial board of ACM Transactions on Human Robot Interaction (THRI), is guest editor for ACM Transactions on Computing in Healthcare (ACM HEALTH), and previously served as the HRI 2023 General Co-Chair and HRI 2020 Program Co-Chair.
Dr. Riek directs the Healthcare Robotics Lab, and leads research in human-robot interaction (HRI), assistive technology, and health informatics. Riek's current research projects have applications in acute care, neurorehabilitation, and dementia caregiving, and works closely with community organizations, disabled people, and healthcare workers.
Prof. Riek received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, and B.S. in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University. Riek previously served as a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer and Roboticist at The MITRE Corporation, and held the Clare Boothe Luce chair in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.
Dr. Riek has received the NSF CAREER Award, AFOSR Young Investigator Award, Qualcomm Research Award, and several best paper awards. Riek currently leads the ONR MURI HUDDLE project. Dr. Riek's research has been supported by the NSF, AFOSR, ONR, DOE, UCOP, and a number of companies and foundations.
Prof. Riek currently serves on the editorial board of ACM Transactions on Human Robot Interaction (THRI), is guest editor for ACM Transactions on Computing in Healthcare (ACM HEALTH), and previously served as the HRI 2023 General Co-Chair and HRI 2020 Program Co-Chair.
