Maja Matarić

Maja Matarić
Maja Matarić
	Matarić speaks at UCLA Library R.U.R. centennial in 2021
Born	Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
Alma mater	University of Kansas (B.S.); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., Ph.D.)
Known for	Socially assistive robotics, human–robot interaction, swarm robotics
Awards	Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2025); ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions Within Computer Science and Informatics (2025); ACM Athena Lecturer (2024–2025); Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2023); Fellow of the ACM (2020); Fellow of the AAAI (2016); Fellow of the IEEE (2011); Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (2009); Fellow of the AAAS (2007);
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science, Robotics, Artificial intelligence
Institutions	University of Southern California
Doctoral advisor	Rodney Brooks
Website	maja-mataric.web.app

Maja Matarić is an American computer scientist. She is the Chan Soon-Shiong Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, with courtesy appointments in Neuroscience and in Pediatrics, at the University of Southern California. She is a founding pioneer of the field of socially assistive robotics, and author of the book The Robotics Primer (MIT Press).