One of the artists I am researching for my paper is Hiroshi Ishiguro. He is a professor at Osaka University Graduate school of engineering. He works in an intelligence creation laboratory. He works with distributed sensor systems, interactive robots, and android science. He has a Doctoral degree in systems engineering, a Bachelors in engineering and a master in computer science engineering.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/21/hiroshi-ishiguro-builds-his-evil-android-twin-geminoid-hi-1/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4714135.stm
http://dvice.com/archives/2006/07/mad_scientist_creates_robot_ve.php
http://robot.watch.impress.co.jp/static/2006/07/21/atr0642.wmv
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2006/07/geminoid-videos/
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1123365
http://technorati.com/videos/tag/Hiroshi+Ishiguro
http://arso.cn.nctu.edu.tw/Plenary%20speech.htm