Randi Williams
Research Lead at Day of AI
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRandi Williams is a research lead and human-robot interaction specialist with a decade of experience bridging AI, education, and assistive technologies. With a PhD from MIT Media Lab and roots in UMBC’s engineering programs, she has led projects that translate cutting-edge robotics and AI into classroom-ready curricula and social robot companions like PopBots. Her background spans hands-on systems work—from low-power wearable sensors and computer vision benchmarking at Lincoln Lab to industry research internships at Microsoft and JPL—giving her a rare mix of experimental rigor and production-minded engineering. Now at Day of AI, she focuses on data-driven evaluation of K-12 AI programs and inclusion, having previously managed program initiatives at the Algorithmic Justice League. Colleagues describe her strength in turning complex research into usable tools and curricula for diverse learners, often revealing unexpected design insights about how young children perceive intelligent machines.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Media Arts and Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Media Arts and Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUMBC
Github Skills (6)
boilerplate10
deploying10
playing10
react10
robotics2
robot1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mitmedialab/arduino-scratch2
Dec 2017 - Sep 2023
Contributions:330 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 10 months
mitmedialab/PopBlocks
Mar 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:38 commits, 19 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 6 months
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