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Yoky Matsuoka (born c. 1972 in Japan) is the VP of Technology and Analytics at Twitter, and formerly the Vice President of Technology at Nest, where she was in charge of UX and the learning aspects of Nest's thermostat. Previously, she was an associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, director of that university's Neurobotics Laboratory, director of the (Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering ). She is a 2007 MacArthur Fellow, commonly referred to as Genius Award. At UW, her research combined neuroscience and robotics—sometimes referred to by Matsuoka by the portmanteau ''neurobotics''—to create more realistic prosthetics. ==Early life and education== She was born in Japan and moved to California at the age of 16.〔Neil Degrasse Tyson, (Profile: Yoky Matsuoka ), ''PBS'', July 16, 2008. Accessed online August 4, 2012.〕 In her youth, she was a semi-professional tennis player, once ranking 21st in Japan,〔Sandi Doughton and Kyung M. Song, (2 local researchers win $500,000 MacArthur "genius awards" ), ''Seattle Times'', September 24, 2007. Accessed online December 5, 2007.〕 but was eventually sidelined by injuries (she broke her ankle for the third time); her interest in robotics began with the idea of a robotic tennis player, which she later decided was unrealistic.〔Eric Wagner, (MacArthur Foundation gives local researcher a hand ), ''Northwest Asian Weekly'', November 3, 2007. Accessed online December 5, 2007.〕 She received her B.S. degree in 1993 from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S. (1995) and PhD (1998) in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yoky Matsuoka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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