Christine Lisetti

Dr. Christine Lisetti is an Associate Professor at Florida International University's Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences and directs the Affective Social Computing Lab. She holds a Ph.D. from FIU (1995) and conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University. Her research focuses on developing socially intelligent agents for health communication, behavior change, and educational training. She has secured grants from NIH, NSF, ONR, and industry partners like Intel. Notable awards include the 2000 AAAI Nils Nilsson Award. She is on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing and has pioneered virtual training systems for teachers and healthcare agents.

Dr. Lisetti's work spans affective computing, virtual agents, and human-robot interaction. Key projects include IVT-T (Interactive Virtual Training for Teachers) and health-focused digital agents. She has collaborated internationally, including with European Union-funded initiatives. Her lab explores real-time multimodal interaction and empathy-driven AI systems.

• Education: PhD in Computer Science (FIU, 1995)
• Prior Roles: Professor at ENST/Sophia (France), Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida
• Grants: NIH, NSF, ONR, Interval Research, ST Microelectronics

Her research bridges psychology and technology, emphasizing ethical AI and user-centered design. Recent work integrates LLMs and ChatGPT for healthcare agents, alongside cross-platform classroom simulations for teacher training.