Justine Cassell

CASSELL Justine

Dialogue & HCI

justine.cassell [at] inria.fr

Short bio

Professor and former Associate Dean, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University (2010-). Chaire Blaise Pascale and Chaire Sorbonne (2017-2018). On leave from CMU, at Inria since fall 2019. ACM Fellow (2017), Fellow Royal Academy of Scotland (2016), AAAS Fellow (2012), Anita Borg Women of Vision Award (2009). AAMAS test-of-time award (2017). Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Robotics & Smart Devices (2011-2014). Since January 2021 a member of CNNUM (Conseil National du Numérique) – French National Digital Council.

Topics of interest

Natural language processing, human-computer interaction, autonomous and virtual agents, social AI

Project in Prairie

Justine Cassell will address issues at the intersection of NLP, AI, Cognitive Science, and Human-Computer Interaction, employing methods from each of these traditions, and developing new interdisciplinary methods. Her goal is to develop theories, architectures, algorithms, and implementations of embodied conversational agents capable of engaging people in natural dialogue, including both task and social components, language and non-verbal behavior. She will participate in the PSL AI graduate school.

Quote

There is a need for a more human-centered design of AI systems so that they may act as partners and teammates to people rather than their replacements. My work in Social AI attempts to address these design challenges by basing AI agent behavior on a close study of human collaboration and teamwork, thereby working towards fulfilling their societal promise, as well as advancing fundamental areas of AI as diverse as natural language generation and transparency in machine learning.

Team

ABULIMITI Alafate
ABULIMITI Alafate
PhD student
Master degree in Big Data Management and Analytic, University of Tours Engineer degree in Computer Science, Polytech Tours Bachelor degree in Applied Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology

BONNAIRE Julie
BONNAIRE Julie
Engineer
Master degree in Systems Biology at Sorbonne University

MOHAPATRA Biswesh
MOHAPATRA Biswesh
PhD student
Integrated Master of Technology in Computer Science Engineering from IIIT Bangalore

JENKINS Jade
JENKINS Jade
Engineer
MSc Gerontology Research with distinction from the University of Southampton, UK BS magna cum laude from the University of New Orleans, USA

GILMARTIN Emer
GILMARTIN Emer
Postdoctoral researcher
Ph.D, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. M.Phil, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland B.E (Mech), NUIG, Ireland