Intro reel music: Ming Fong*
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* students at NIS

Ryad obtained his Ph.D. in Robotics from University of Paris in 1993 and his Dr. Sc from University of Nantes (France) in 2005. He is also the CEO of KITA technologies, a company dealing with biomedical devices and robotics. He is also acting as the CTO of Teksbotics LLC, a startup company based in Hong Kong developing service robotics. His main research interests include robotics, human-robot interactions and human behavior analysis (social signal processing and affective computing). In 2011, he joined the Department Pattern Analysis and Computer Vision (PAVIS). Ryad Chellali co-authored more than 150 papers. In 2000 and 2005 the French Government awarded him for the creation of innovative technologies companies. Ryad obtained his Ph.D. in Robotics from University of Paris in 1993 and his Dr. Sc from University of Nantes (France) in 2005. He is also the CEO of KITA technologies, a company dealing with biomedical devices and robotics. He is also acting as the CTO of Teksbotics LLC, a startup company based in Hong Kong developing service robotics. His main research interests include robotics, human-robot interactions and human behavior analysis (social signal processing and affective computing).

In 2011, he joined the Department Pattern Analysis and Computer Vision (PAVIS). Ryad Chellali co-authored more than 150 papers. In 2000 and 2005 the French Government awarded him for the creation of innovative technologies companies. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx