Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England Gender Female Also Known As Jocelyn Riseberg Scheirer
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Jocelyn Scheirer is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Bionolux, a company specializing in social wearable technology.
An innovator in wearables for almost 20 years, Jocelyn began her initial explorations in the industry while a Ph.D. student at MIT Media Lab’s Affective Computing Group. There, Jocelyn developed her first wearables,
interactive objects and digital art exhibitions. Working at the Media Lab, Jocelyn was able to blend her understanding of scientific practice and methodology with her passion and experience as an abstract and conceptual artist, thus bridging the gap between hardware and aesthetics.
In 2006, Jocelyn founded Empathyx, a company focused on intercommunication equipment and systems.
In 2009 Jocelyn helped found and served as Director of Operations for Affectiva, a company dedicated to digitizing emotion with the largest database of facial expressions ever collected, and an initial biosensor product called the Q Sensor.
An accomplished artist, Jocelyn brings a unique and highly sought after perspective to the wearables market. Jocelyn has authored and co-authored numerous articles and papers on affective computing and sensing technology and presented at national industry-related conferences. Jocelyn has served as a Research Analyst at Harvard University and as a Consultant to different departments at MIT.
Jocelyn earned her Ph.D. in Media Arts and Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, M.A. in Psychology - Social and Developmental from Brandeis University and her Dual B.A. degrees in Psychology and English Literature from Tufts University.
