Ross Mead
Founder and CEO at Semio | Vice President at AI LA
- Role
- Vice President at Ai La
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ross Mead
My work and interests focus on bringing digital characters (both robotic and virtual) to life, specifically, through the principled design and computational modeling of fundamental social behaviors (such as speech, gestures, eye gaze, social spacing, etc.) that serve as building blocks for autonomous face-to-face human-machine interactions.Beyond Semio, I serve on the Board of Directors for two nonprofit organizations:(1) AI LA to promote artificial intelligence in the Los Angeles community; and (2) the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics to promote robotics and STEM in K-12 education around the globe, with a focus on underrepresented populations. In 2018, I co-founded the Social Robot Community Slack team to spark an international community around robotics and natural language technologies. Previously, I was a cast member on SYFY\'s Robot Combat League, and have served as a technical and scientific advisor to Disney, Intel, and National Geographic, among others.
Experience
Vice President
May 2017 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
AI LA is a cross-disciplinary community of AI stakeholders with more than members and growing. We explore artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other frontier technologies, and the impacts they will have on humanity.It’s our mission to catalyze innovation through education, conversation, and collaboration.We achieve this by producing events, workshops, and content for the Greater Los Angeles community and beyond.If you are interested in supporting our community please reach out or join our mailing list: http://joinai.la
Education
University of Southern California
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science
2008 — 2015
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science
2003 — 2008
University of Southern California
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science
2008 — 2015
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