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Rosalind W. Picard is director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, and co-director of the Things That Think Consortium. Picard is the author of Affective Computing, published in 1997. In 2005, she was named a Fellow of the IEEE.

Biography

Professor Picard holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and master's and doctorate degrees, both in electrical engineering and computer science, from MIT. She has been a member of the faculty at the MIT Media Laboratory since 1991, with tenure since 1997.

Picard is a researcher in the field of affective computing and the founder and director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab. The Affective Computing Research Group develops tools, techniques, and devices for sensing, interpreting, and processing emotion signals that drive state-of-the-art systems which respond intelligently to human emotional states. Applications of their research include improved tutoring systems and assistive technology for use in alleviating autism.

MIT's press release for Picard's textbook, Affective Computing, states, "According to Rosalind Picard, if we want computers to be genuinely intelligent and to interact naturally with us, we must give computers the ability to recognize, understand, even to have and express emotions."

Picard is a self-identified practicing Christian, and has stated that her work in the field of affective computing, examining the complexity and functioning of the human mind, has greatly influenced her faith. In February 2006, the New York Times reported that Picard was one of a small number of nationally prominent researchers, out of 514 scientists and engineers, whose names appeared on the Discovery Institute's controversial petition, "A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism".

Bibliography

Affective Computing, Rosalind Picard, (MIT Press, 1997)
T.P. Minka and R.W. Picard (1997), "Interactive Learning Using a 'Society of Models,'" Pattern Recognition, Volume 30, No. 4, pp. 565-581, 1997. (Winner of 1997 Pattern Recognition Society Award)
B. Kort, R. Reilly and R.W. Picard (2001), "An Affective Model of Interplay Between Emotions and Learning: Reengineering Educational Pedagogy-Building a Learning Companion," In Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2001), August 2001, Madison, WI. (Winner of Best Paper Prize.)

References

Media Lab Faculty Biography
Publication of Affective Computing
IEEE Fellows of the Class of 2005
MIT Faculty Biography Page
Research Projects of the Affective Computing Research Group
Affective Computing Group Web Page
Current and Past Projects
^ MIT Press Publication of Affective Computing
"A Function Specific to Joy", Harvey Blume, The Atlantic Monthly, April 29, 1998.
Personal homepage of Rosalind W. Picard
Few Biologists but Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition, Kenneth Chang, New York Times, February 21, 2006.
Signatories of 'A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism'
Publications in Affective Computing

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