MrEmmanuel Akinrintoyo

Emmanuel is a PhD student at I-X and the Department of Computing, Imperial College London. Emmanuel is on a mission to use technology to improve the lives and well-being of humans. His current research is exploring the use of robotics and AI to empower people with limited functional independence such as people with dementia to live independently in their homes.

Emmanuel is passionate about diversity and technology ethics. At Imperial, he is a member of the Equality Diversity and Culture Committee (EDCC). He is the only student member of the Science, Engineering and Technology Research Ethics Committee (SETREC) that oversees non-health-related research at Imperial. To improve the student experience, he co-organises the Imperial Computing Conference held twice yearly with keynote speakers from industry and academia. He is also a PhD Representative of his cohort in the Department of Computing.

Emmanuel has vast experience in technological design and software development with industry experience at organisations such as Microsoft, SAP and PGIM Ireland. At these organisations, he explored aspects of cloud and data technology, enterprise software, and consumer software used by millions of users.

Emmanuel was previously a researcher at the Bristol Robotics Lab where he completed an MRes in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. He holds an MSc in Electronic Information Engineering from Trinity College Dublin.