Dr. Shaundra Daily: Electrical Engineer, Researcher, Entrepreneur (MIT, OLPC)
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Leshell Hatley in Scholarly Celebrations
Dr. Shaundra Daily’s doctoral work with the Affective Computing group involved designing and implementing technology-infused collaborative learning environments that provide youth an authentic opportunity to learn about themselves, others, and to gain insight into interpersonal dynamics.
Research
Upon arrival at the Media Lab in 2003, Shaundra combined the ideas of constructionist learning and affective computing to create a new system to address the emotional needs of teenaged girls. She designed and implemented an innovative new technology that brought together state-of-the art common-sense machine learning with theories of human learning and constructionism. While building this system, she collaborated with the Future of Learning Group on “The City that We Want” project in which learners build computational models for how they would like to improve their communities. Shaundra also collaborated on RoBallet, which bridged dance and robotics, and the INNER-active Journal, a digital journal collecting physiological data for future reflection.
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Education
Prior to Shaundra’s work at MIT, she received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University – Florida State University College of Engineering. There, she worked on developing algorithms in Matlab for predicting the possibility of student success in entry-level electrical engineering courses. She also designed curriculum for and facilitated Technical OutReach Community Help (T.O.R.C.H.), a program of the National Society of Black Engineers geared toward closing the digital divide.
Service
Shaundra has been profiled in the American Association for Advancement in Science website profiling African American Scientists, Engineer Your Life, geared towards encouraging young women to pursue engineering careers; and WGBH’s Science City. CBN, Science Update Radio Program, and National Public Radio have also recognized her work.
Dr. Daily currently serves as Principal for g8four, a learning, design, and technology firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. Most importantly, she is the proud wife of Julian and mother to Layla and Zoe.
To read more about Dr. Daily and her work, please visit http://engineeryourlife.org/cms/inspiringwomen/6203.aspx?eylprofile=Story
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Information obtained directly from Dr. Daily.
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