Experience

Reykjavik University

• Iceland
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Northeastern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2015 - Aug 2021

  At the Relational Agents Group, we design, implement, and evaluate the use of relational agents for use in a variety of domains, such as health counseling. At the Relational Agents Group, we design, implement, and evaluate the use of relational agents for use in a variety of domains, such as health counseling.



The Northern Lights Confucius Institute

• Iceland

• Events Manager

  • Feb 2011 - Sep 2015

  As events manager I organized events such as film screenings, lectures, conferences etc. I also managed the website konfusius.is, designed graphical material published online and in printed media, promoting Chinese Studies at secondary schools, and various office tasks. As events manager I organized events such as film screenings, lectures, conferences etc. I also managed the website konfusius.is, designed graphical material published online and in printed media, promoting Chinese Studies at secondary schools, and various office tasks.



Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents

• University of Reykjavík

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

  I worked on a project called Virtual Reykjavik, where we designed and implemented embodied conversational agents in an interactive 3D environment for Icelandic language learning. I worked on a project called Virtual Reykjavik, where we designed and implemented embodied conversational agents in an interactive 3D environment for Icelandic language learning.



Háskóli Íslands

• Iceland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching assistant

  • Jan 2012 - May 2015



Árnastofnun

• University of Iceland

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

  I implemented a web API for a semantic relations database and designed a web interface with a search field, allowing users to discover the relatedness between words or phrases. I implemented a web API for a semantic relations database and designed a web interface with a search field, allowing users to discover the relatedness between words or phrases.