News

2015

Cynthia Breazeal: Social robotics pioneer. MIT lab leader. Proud mom. – Article
Entrepreneur Magazine’s Women to Watch 2015 – Award
A Robot in Every Home at CES 2015 – Invited Speaker
SXSW – Keynote

2014

RoboHub’s Robots: From Imagination to Market 2014, Boston, MA – Keynote
Greenwich Academy Commencement – Article
Katie Couric, World 3.0 – Yahoo News
AAAI 2014, Quebec, Quebec City – Keynote
Fortune Magazine’s Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs – Award
L’Oreal’s Women in Digital Next Generation – Award
Assembled Education 2014, Boston, MA – Keynote
George R. Stibitz Computer & Communications Pioneer – Award

For Seminal Contributions to the Development of Social Robotics and Human Robot Interactions.

Robobusiness Leadership Summit – Keynote
Bostinno 50 on Fire: Education Category – Award
Recode.net – Article

2013

Immersive Education Initiative (iED), Boston MA – Keynote
5th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops, NYC, NY – Keynote
Thomas L. Friedman’s New York Times Global Forum, San Francisco, CA. – Featured Speaker
Cognitive Science 2013 Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany. – Keynote

2012

40 for 40 Honorees by the Women’s Sports Foundation and ESPNW – Award
40th anniversary of Title 9 honoring 40 Women Who Have Made a Significant Impact on Society After Playing High School or College Sports

Big Think: The Nantucket Project – Speaker
International Conference on Social Robots, Chengdu, China – Keynote

2011

Top Right Honorees: The 25 Most Innovative and Practical Thinkers in America Slate.com – Award
The Most Influential Women in Technology – FastCompany Brainiacs

2010

TED Talk at TEDWomen 2010, Washington DC.

2009

PROSE Award
For Excellence in Physical Sciences & Mathematics for Springer Handbook of Robotics – Co-Author

2008

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland – Invited Speaker
World Science Festival, Pioneers in science 2008. New York, NY. – Invited Speaker
Gilbreth Lecture Award by the National Academy of Engineering – Award

In recognition of outstanding young engineers

2005

ONR Young Investigator Award – Award

2003

TR100 (now TR35) Winners for Outstanding Young Innovators in the area of Computing – Award
Finalist, National Design Awards in Communication – Award

2002

Named in Richard Saul Wurman’s 1000, Most Creative People in the USA – Article

2001

George Sprowles Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in EECS at MIT – Award
Named among Top 40 Most Influential Young People in Boston Business Forward – Award