De’Aira Bryant seated at a laptop beside a NAO humanoid robot

Human-robot interaction researcher

De’Aira
Bryant, Ph.D.


I develop technologies that enhance lives through social interaction. In other words, I program machines to interact with humans skillfully and gracefully. Sometimes, I even make them dance!

I earned my Ph.D. in Computer Science at Georgia Tech and have spent two years at Amazon as a postdoctoral scientist. My research explores what people expect from robots and AI, measures those expectations at scale, and turns them into data, evaluations, and models that help robots behave with greater social intelligence.

Recent

Mar 2026

Presented “Don’t Park There! Learning Socially-Appropriate Robot Parking Spots in the Home” at ACM/IEEE HRI 2026 in Edinburgh.

2026

Serving as Community Outreach Committee Chair for ACM/IEEE HRI 2027.

2026

Invited talk on human-robot social interaction for educators at the Learning & the Brain conference in San Francisco.