Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
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Steven Hartley Collins
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering
BioSteve Collins is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, where he teaches courses on design and robotics and directs the Stanford Biomechatronics Laboratory. His primary focus is to speed and systematize the design and prescription of prostheses and exoskeletons using versatile device emulator hardware and human-in-the-loop optimization algorithms (Zhang et al. 2017, Science). Another interest is efficient autonomous devices, such as highly energy-efficient walking robots (Collins et al. 2005, Science) and exoskeletons that use no energy yet reduce the metabolic energy cost of human walking (Collins et al. 2015, Nature).
Prof. Collins received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2002 from Cornell University, where he performed undergraduate research on passive dynamic walking robots. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 from the University of Michigan, where he performed research on the dynamics and control of human walking. He performed postdoctoral research on humanoid robots at T. U. Delft in the Netherlands. He was a professor of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University for seven years. In 2017, he joined the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.
Prof. Collins is a member of the Scientific Board of Dynamic Walking and the Editorial Board of Science Robotics. He has received the Young Scientist Award from the American Society of Biomechanics, the Best Medical Devices Paper from the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, and the student-voted Professor of the Year in his department. -
Elena Cryst
Director of Policy and Society, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
BioElena Cryst is the Director of Policy and Society at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) where she leads the the organization's efforts to bring Stanford's cutting-edge AI research to policymakers worldwide. She also builds collaborations with civil society, philanthropy, and social impact leaders to understand how to better understand the concerns and passions of these communities with the development of these technologies.
Elena has previously served in director roles at both the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, including at that institute's Cyber Policy Center, Center for International Security and Cooperation, and Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. She is passionate about bringing informed, cutting-edge, empirical research into the public dialogue.
Elena received her BA with honors in International Relations and MA in Latin American Studies, both from Stanford University, and her MBA from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business.
