Degrees, DEUG, Université de Besançon; BA, Dartmouth; MPhil, University of Edinburgh; PhD in Linguistics and Psychology, University of Chicago. Twenty-five years' experience in developing technologies that preserve and showcase the most human and humane of humanity’s capabilities, and in communicating the risks of technologies that ignore these guidelines pose to society.

1995-2003, Professor, MIT Media Lab. 2003-10, Founding Director, Center for Technology and Social Behavior, Northwestern University.

Currently Dean's Professor, School of Computer Science,Associate Dean Emerita, Technology Strategy and Impact, Director Emerita, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Co-Founder Simon Initiative on Technology-Enhanced learning, Co-Director InMind Initiative on the Future of Virtual Personal Assistants, Carnegie Mellon University. And also Director of Research (directrice de recherche), Inria Paris, and chair, PRAIRIE Institute for Interdisciplinary research in AI.

Fellow, AAAS. Fellow ACM. Fellow, Royal Academy of Scotland. Author. Recipient, MIT Edgerton prize, Anita Borg Women of Vision Award, Henry & Bryna David award from National Academies of Science, honorary doctorate from University of Edinburgh.