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August 13th, 2025
Spotlight on Oya Celiktutan
#WomenInELLIS
Get to know Oya Celiktutan, Reader in AI & Robotics at King's College London 🏴. She’s an ELLIS Member whose research areas focus on multimodal machine learning to develop autonomous agents, such as robots and virtual agents, capable of seamlessly interacting with humans.
She says her greatest achievement has been establishing her own research team, the Social AI and Robotics Lab, where they have produced award-winning research together. "It is incredibly fulfilling to see my students graduate and successfully continue their careers, making meaningful contributions to the field."
Also, check out her advice for young female scientists!