Prof. Mataric´ received her PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from MIT in 1994, her MS in Computer Science from MIT in 1990, and her BS in Computer Science from the University of Kansas in 1987. She is a recipient of the Okawa Foundation Award, the NSF Career Award, the MIT TR100 Innovation Award, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career Award, the USC School of Engineering Junior Research Award, and the USC Provost's Center for Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship.