Girl Decoded, 9780241451526
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Humanising tech, connecting us: a scientist’s journey of emotion.

Girl Decoded

my quest to make technology emotionally intelligent – and change the way we interact forever

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    19 July 2021

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Summary

Girl Decoded: A Memoir of Science, Humanity, and Revolutionizing Connection

A captivating memoir from a pioneering scientist on a mission to humanise technology and revolutionise how we connect with one another.

Now more than ever, we find ourselves unable to express our true feelings through technology. Rana el Kaliouby discovered this when she left Cairo, a newly-married, Muslim woman, to take up her place at Cambridge University to study computer science. Many thousands o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241451526
ISBN-10:0241451523
Author:Rana el Kaliouby
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Business
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:19 July 2021
Weight:246g
Dimensions:197mm x 129mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

Lucid and captivating

Lucid and captivating

* Max Tegmark, professor of physics at MIT and author of Life 3.0 *An honest and inspiring story that will encourage other women to share their experiences and own their power * Tory Burch, founder and executive chairman of Tory Burch LLC *Bold, inspired and hopeful * Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global *

About The Author

Rana el Kaliouby

Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D. is a pioneer in artificial emotional intelligence (EI), as well as the co-founder and CEO of Affectiva, the acclaimed startup spun off from the MIT Media Lab. She grew up in Cairo, Egypt, studying an undergraduate and master’s degree in computer science at the American University in Cairo. She attended Cambridge University, where she earned her Ph.D. Her company works with more than a quarter of the companies in the Fortune Global 500. An acclaimed TED speaker, Rana was named by Forbes to their list of America’s Top 50 Women in Tech and Fortune included her in their list of 40 Under 40.

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