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Brian Scassellati is the Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Computer Science at Yale University. He has a strong background in robotics and social behaviors, focusing on creating embodied computational models to understand human social behavior. Scassellati’s research explores how socially interactive robots can help evaluate and assist in diagnosing social development disorders, including autism. He has an educational background from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his Ph.D., M.Eng., and B.S. Scassellati's research interests include humanoid robots, human-robot interaction, artificial intelligence, machine perception, and social learning. He has received numerous awards including the Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award from Microsoft and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Scassellati has made significant contributions to the field of robotics through numerous publications and keynotes at various conferences, showcasing his work's broader implications on robotics and human interaction.
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