Milka Trajkova grew up wanting to be a professional ballet dancer — and she was, until an injury closed the curtain on her career. But this didn’t end her interest in ballet.

While Trajkova doesn’t dance anymore, she builds artificial intelligence (AI) apps to help dancers perfect their technique and improve their performance. Trajkova is a visiting lecturer and research scientist in Georgia Tech's Expressive Machinery Lab at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts (IAC). She uses AI to turn artistic movement into data and increase respect and understanding for the technical skills required in dance. Her work could soon be seen on stage.