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2015

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

2014

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

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

Robobusiness Leadership SummitKeynote
Bostinno 50 on Fire: Education CategoryAward
Recode.netArticle

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 ESPNWAward
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 ProjectSpeaker
International Conference on Social Robots, Chengdu, China – Keynote

2011

Top Right Honorees: The 25 Most Innovative and Practical Thinkers in America Slate.comAward
The Most Influential Women in TechnologyFastCompany 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 AwardAward

2003

TR100 (now TR35) Winners for Outstanding Young Innovators in the area of ComputingAward
Finalist, National Design Awards in CommunicationAward

2002

Named in Richard Saul Wurman’s 1000, Most Creative People in the USAArticle

2001

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