Carol Smith’s career spans 20 years collaborating on complex problems, focusing on user experience (UX) research and prototyping, across industries and platforms. She has been leading research to integrate ethics and improve human experiences with artificially intelligent (AI) systems, autonomous vehicles, and other emerging technologies since 2015. Carol is a Sr. Research Scientist in Human-Machine Interaction for the AI Division of Carnegie Mellon University's SEI. Carol also teaches at CMU's Human-Computer Interaction Institute (HCII), volunteers on UX related committees with various organizations, and is an ACM Distinguished Speaker. She has an M.S. in HCI from DePaul University.