Rajiv Mongia is a Principal Engineer and Director of User Experience within the Perceptual Computing team at Intel. He obtained his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Throughout his career, he has led engineering and design teams focused on developing and showcasing new technologies – especially as related to the human experience. Most recently, he was Program Director for the Social Computing Intel Science and Technology Center and the Sustainable and Connected Cities Lab centered in London. Currently, he leads the Perceptual Computing UX team, which is focused on identifying, developing and assessing natural, intuitive, and immersive interactions made possible with advanced sensing and computer vision technologies.