Rana el Kaliouby

Rana el Kaliouby

Affectiva, Virtually Human Working Group Member

A pioneer in Emotion AI, Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D., is Co-Founder & CEO of Affectiva, and author of the newly released book Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology. A passionate advocate for humanizing technology, ethics in AI & diversity, Rana has been recognized on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list and as one of Forbes’ Top 50 Women in Tech. Rana is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and a Young Presidents’ Organization member, and co-hosted a PBS NOVA series on AI. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge & a Post Doctorate from MIT.