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Setor Zilevu

Semi-­automated human-computer interaction.

Year Honored
2022

Organization
Meta and Virginia Tech

Region
Global

Hails From
US

Setor Zilevu, 27, is working at the intersection of human-computer interaction and machine learning to create semi-automated, in-home therapy for stroke patients. After his father suffered a stroke, Zilevu wanted to understand how to integrate those two fields in a way that would enable patients at home to get the same type of therapy, including high-quality feedback, that they might get in a hospital. The semi-­automated human-computer interaction, which Zilevu calls the “tacit computable empower” method, can be applied to other domains both within and outside health care," he says.