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Education |
| 2022-2027 (expected) |
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science
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| 2020-2022 | Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
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| 2016-2020 | Bachelor of Science with University Honours, double-major in Computational Mathematics and Computer Science, minor in Anthropology, Cum Laude
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Publications |
| 2026 | Miranda, L., Castellano, G., & Winkle, K. (2026). Robot as self, blurred boundaries, and the auxthetic mind-body: A speculative design through poetry. 2026 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '26). https://doi.org/10.1145/3757279.3788819 |
| 2026 | Miranda, L., Castellano, G., & Winkle, K. (2026). Diverse social robot ethnicity performance in the classroom facilitated more expansive robot identity exploration in boys: A participatory robo-identity design study. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI). https://doi.org/10.1145/3803856 |
| 2026 | Zhong, M., Miranda, L., et al. (2026). Designing socially assistive robots for perinatal depression screening: Insights and ethical considerations from two exploratory studies. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI). https://doi.org/10.1145/3797257 |
| 2024 | Miranda, L. (2024). Who is a robot? A fundamental model of artificial identity. 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN). https://doi.org/10.1109/RO-MAN60168.2024.10731452 |
| 2024 Honourable mention |
Miranda, L., Castellano, G., & Winkle, K. (2024). A Case for Diverse Social Robot Identity Performance in Education. Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '24). https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580168 |
| 2023 Invited manuscript |
Miranda, L., Garibay O.O., & Baggio, J. (2023). Evolutionary model discovery of human behavioral factors driving decision-making in an irrigation experiment. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Sciences. https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.5069 |
| 2023 | Miranda, L., Castellano, G., & Winkle, K. (2023). Examining the State of Robot Identity. Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '23). https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580168 |
| 2023 | Freeman, J., Baggio, J., Miranda, L., & Anderies, J.M. (2023). Infrastructure and the energy use of human polities. Cross-Cultural Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971221149779 |
| 2022 Invited manuscript |
Miranda, L. & Garibay O.O. (2022). Approaching (super)human intent recognition in stag hunt with the Naïve Utility Calculus generative model. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10588-022-09367-y |
| 2022 | Miranda, L. (2022). Humans in Algorithms, Algorithms in Humans: Understanding Cooperation and Creating Social AI with Causal Generative Models. UCF Electronic Theses and Dissertations. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd2020/1054 |
| 2022 | Bird, D., Miranda, L., Vander Linden, M. et al. (2022). p3k14c, a synthetic global database of archaeological radiocarbon dates. Nature Scientific Data. 10.1038/s41597-022-01118-7 |
| 2021 Awarded Best Human-Autonomy Teaming Paper |
Miranda, L. & Garibay O.O. (2021). Multi-agent Naïve Utility Calculus: Intent Recognition in the Stag-Hunt Game. Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling. SBP-BRiMS 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12720. 10.1007/978-3-030-80387 232 |
| 2020 | Miranda, L. & Freeman, J. (2020). The two types of society: Computationally revealing recurrent social formations and their evolutionary trajectories. PLoS One 10.1371/journal.pone.0232609 |
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Research experience |
| August 2022 - Present |
Doctoral student, Uppsala Social Robotics Lab. Studying the impact of AI and robotics on humanity and society. Specialisation in understanding human-AI identity and self concept. |
| Summer 2022 | PIBBSS Summer Research Fellow. Oxford, UK. Awarded the €9,100 EUR Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems (PIBBSS) summer research fellowship to conduct research on AI alignment with human values. |
| August 2020 - May 2022 (4 semesters) |
Graduate Research Assistant. University of Central Florida Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory & Complex Adaptive Systems Laboratory. Position included waived tuition and a stipend for living costs as I conducted my master's research. I contributed to the publication of three journal articles, one conference paper, and my master's thesis. |
| August 2019 - August 2020 (1 year) |
Undergraduate Research Assistant. Utah State University Anthropology Program. As part of the PEOPLE 3000 international working group, I helped to create and manage a new global archaeological radiocarbon database larger and more complete than any other. I also developed a system for online social experiments. |
| Summer 2019 | Peak Summer Research Fellow. Utah State University. One of ten recipients awarded the €4,600 EUR Peak Summer Research Fellowship for highly-engaged undergraduate researchers to conduct work on a proposed project over the summer. The research conducted under this fellowship produced my first publication, listed above. |
| Summer 2018 | NASA Space Grant Consortium Fellow. Awarded a €1,900 EUR NASA space grant fellowship to continue work on a CubeSat mission as the software team leader for the USU Get Away Special Microgravity Research team. Managed a team of ten other programmers. Wrote software for a prototype platform that successfully served over a dozen high-altitude balloon flights. The project (GASPACS) was the world's first CubeSat developed entirely by undergraduate students. It successfully served its mission after being launched to the International Space Station as part of the SpaceX CRS-24 mission and deployed into low Earth orbit on 26 January 2022. |
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Teaching experience |
| 2022 - 2026 | Teaching Assistant. Uppsala University. Taught four semesters of Data, Ethics, and Law; one semester of Social Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction; one semester of Intelligent Interactive Systems; one semester of System Design with a User Perspective |
| August 2020 - May 2022 (4 semesters) |
Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Central Florida Complex Adaptive Systems Laboratory. Taught the following master's courses: Data Mining Methodology I; Statistical Analysis; Parallel and Cloud Computation |
| January 2018 - May 2019 (3 semesters) |
Assistant Lecturer / Recitation Instructor. Utah State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Created and gave original lectures for the Differential Equations and Linear Algebra course. Held office hours, created numerous course materials, designed exam questions, and used Python to create an automated tool for online assessment creation which continued to be used by the department after my departure. |
| August 2016 - May 2017 (2 semesters) |
Computer Science Tutor. Utah State University Department of Computer Science. Tutored students in introductory computer science courses. |
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Admin experience |
| August 2023 - August 2024 (1 year) |
Chair, Doctoral Board of Uppsala University. Advocated for and represented all PhD students at Uppsala University's highest decision-making bodies. Coordinated elections to appoint PhD student representatives at boards across the university. Facilitated working groups to resolve structural issues facing PhD students concerning e.g. internationalisation, well-being, and the university's climate impact. Position included a €3,300 EUR stipend. |
| November 2022 - November 2023 (1 year) |
PhD Student Representative. Uppsala University Vi3 Division. Represented PhD students within the human-machine interaction unit in division-wide decisions. |
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Awards and honours |
| 2026 Nominated |
Nominated by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences to be considered for the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. |
| March 2024 | Best Paper nominee / Honorable mention within the alt.HRI paper track at the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI '24). Link to paper |
| May 2022 | Honorary 10,000th Master's Degree conferred by the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science. Awarded for my accomplishments at UCF via faculy nomination. |
| April 2022 | Best 2021 Paper within the Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Research Laboratory. Awarded by the lab director for my publication in SBP-BRiMS 2021. |
| July 2021 | Best Human-Autonomy Teaming Paper. Awarded by the Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling (SBP-BRiMS) 2021 conference for my submission. |
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Press interviews |
| 08 September 2025 | INRIKES Magazine. When AI turns psychologist, coach, and best friend by Henrik Lenngren (in Swedish; pages 35-37) |
| 08 August 2025 | Sveriges Radio - P4 Blekinge. Elinore uses AI as a psychologist: Comes up with good answers by Mauritza Klingspor (in Swedish) |
| 17 June 2025 | SVT - Uppsala. How young people chat with AI – a dating coach and free therapy by Antonios Antoniadis (in Swedish) |
| 16 May 2025 | Al Jazeera English. Will artificial intelligence replace teachers in classrooms? by The Stream |
| 09 April 2024 | numérIA en mode solutions. Interview with Lux Miranda: How to combine robotics and inclusivity? by Tiffanie Weber (in French) |
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Grants and scholarships |
| 2026 | Granted €7,000 EUR from the Uppsala University Faculty of Science and Technology to organise a panel discussion on the impact of AI and robotics on the Swedish labour market at Almedalsveckan, the flagship Swedish political forum. |
| 2025-2026 | Granted a total of €14,000 EUR from Uppsala University Innovation / Vinnova to pursue legal verification on an AI innovation. |
| 2025-2026 Runner-up |
Runner-up (2nd place) two consecutive years for the Karin Westman Berg Scholarship, a €2,800 EUR annual award given to a female doctoral student in Uppsala for notable research contributions. |
| November 2021 - August 2022 (8 months) |
PAGES Data Stewardship Scholarship. Received a €4,800 EUR scholarship from PAGES (Past Global Changes) to continue stewardship work on the p3k14c archaeological radiocarbon database as part of the PEOPLE 3,000 working group. |
| Summer 2018 | Honors Study Abroad Scholarship. Received a €1,200 EUR scholarship from the USU Honors Program used towards a semester studying historical European art and theatre in Italy, Switzerland, France, and the UK. |
| 2016-2020 (4 years) |
Daniels Scholarship. Received the full-ride Daniels Scholarship (final award amount: €66,400 EUR) to attend any four-year Bachelor's program in the USA for demonstrating exceptional leadership ability, strength of character, and commitment to community betterment. |
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Selected presentations |
| June 2026 | Avoiding digital slavery: Challenges for workers and teachers from advancements in AI and robotics. Panelist and organiser at Almedalsveckan, the flagship Swedish political forum. Funded by the grant listed above. Recording of the livestream. Visby, Sweden. |
| April 2026 Invited talk |
Artificial identity and the auxthetic mind-body. Seminarium at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning. Stockholm, Sweden. |
| December 2025 Invited talk |
Ethics as a competetive advantage: The GDPR, the AI act, and you. Uppsala University Innovation Center. Uppsala, Sweden. |
| May 2024 | United Nations AI for Good Global Summit table communicating research on behalf of the Uppsala Social Robotics Lab. Geneva, Switzerland. |
| May 2024 Invited talk |
It could be better: Shortcomings of the survey on gender-based violence and sexual harassment in the Swedish higher education sector. SULF Seminarium. Uppsala, Sweden. |
| 23 August 2024 Keynote |
The absurd ease of making queer impact in tech, QTechDay Scientific Symposium, Uppsala, Sweden. |
| 31 May 2023 Invited talk |
Let's get better at robot identity!, Mines Interactive Robotics Research Summer Speaker Series. Presented virtually to a live audience in Golden, Colorado, USA |
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Organised workshops |
| 11 March 2024 | Robo-Identity: Designing for Identity in the Shared World at the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2024). Boulder, Colorado, USA. |
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Industry experience |
| May 2017 - October 2017 (6 months) |
Embedded Engineering Assistant. Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, Utah. USA. Developed embedded software for intelligent autonomous systems in C++. Built a technology demo showcasing a multi-agent platform which toured the USA to help garner funding. Developed, documented, and standardised methods for in-house Linux distribution management that continued to be used after my departure. |
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Summer and winter schools |
| August 2026 | WASP-HS Summer School on AI, Politics, and Power, Umeå University, Sweden |
| June 2025 | WASP Summer School on Resilience and Regulation, Norrköping Visualisation Center, Sweden |
| August 2024 | WASP Summer School on Generative AI, Norrköping Visualisation Center, Sweden |
| August 2023 | WASP-HS Summer School on AI's Influence on Jobs and Organisations, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| December 2022 | HRI Winterschool on Embodied AI, Ghent University, Belgium |
| January 2021 | Agent-Based Modeling of Social-Ecological Systems, Arizona State University, USA |
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Skills |
| Programming | Python (plus pandas, numpy, matplotlib, etc.), NetLogo, JavaScript, Haskell, C++ |
| Tools | Linux, Git, Vim, LaTeX, spreadsheet macros, Canvas |
| Languages | English (native/C2), Swedish (fluent/C1) |
| Cooking | Mesoamerican, vegan pastries, hot beverages |