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	In February 2006, the ] reported<ref> </ref> that Dr. Picard signed the ]'s controversial petition, "]".<ref></ref> ~~This~~ one-sentence petition has been widely exploited by its sponsor, the ], and ] in a national campaign to discredit evolution<ref></ref> and promote the teaching of ] in public schools. It has it has been the subject of ] and ].		In February 2006, the ] reported<ref> </ref> that Dr. Picard was one of 300 professonals who signed the ]'s controversial petition, "]".<ref></ref> To the undying chagrin of many of the original signatories, this one-sentence petition has been widely exploited by its sponsor, the ], and some of their ] in a national campaign to discredit evolution<ref></ref> and to promote the teaching of ] in public schools. It has it has been the subject of ] and ]. This viral controversy bears little relation to the subject of this biography, other than to reveal an example of the interplay of emotions and learning, one of the areas of theoretical study in Affective Computing.

	Picard's field of ] is unrelated to ]. Writer ], co-founder of "Michigan Citizens for Science" and the ] website, writes that, "the majority of the people on that list have no training or expertise in evolutionary biology at all. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't know what they're talking about, but it does mean that putting them on a list that is used solely as an ] is ridiculous, since they have no authority in the field."<ref>, ], Pharyngula, Science Blogs, February 19, 2007 9:32 AM</ref>		Picard's field of ] is unrelated to ]. Writer ], co-founder of "Michigan Citizens for Science" and the ] website, writes that, "the majority of the people on that list have no training or expertise in evolutionary biology at all. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't know what they're talking about, but it does mean that putting them on a list that is used solely as an ] is ridiculous, since they have no authority in the field."<ref>, ], Pharyngula, Science Blogs, February 19, 2007 9:32 AM</ref>

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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, the largest industrial sponsorship organization at the lab. Picard is the author of Affective Computing, published in 1997. In 2005, she was named a Fellow of the IEEE.

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.

Darwin Dissent Controversy

In February 2006, the New York Times reported that Dr. Picard was one of 300 professonals who signed the Discovery Institute's controversial petition, "A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism". To the undying chagrin of many of the original signatories, this one-sentence petition has been widely exploited by its sponsor, the Discovery Institute, and some of their supporters in a national campaign to discredit evolution and to promote the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. It has it has been the subject of criticism and parody. This viral controversy bears little relation to the subject of this biography, other than to reveal an example of the interplay of emotions and learning, one of the areas of theoretical study in Affective Computing.

Picard's field of computer science is unrelated to evolutionary biology. Writer Ed Brayton, co-founder of "Michigan Citizens for Science" and the The Panda's Thumb website, writes that, "the majority of the people on that list have no training or expertise in evolutionary biology at all. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't know what they're talking about, but it does mean that putting them on a list that is used solely as an appeal to authority is ridiculous, since they have no authority in the field."

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