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Template:Totallydisputed 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.

She holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with highest honors 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 1998.

She is recipient (with Tom Minka) of a best paper prize for work on machine learning with multiple models (1998).

Her book, Affective Computing, (MIT Press, 1997) lays the groundwork for giving machines the skills of emotional intelligence.

New York Times Story on Controversial Petition

In February 2006, the New York Times reported that Dr. Picard was one of several hundred scientists and professionals claimed to have been signers of the Discovery Institute's controversial petition, "A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism". Evolving versions of this statement dating back to 2001 have been widely exploited by its sponsor, the Discovery Institute, and some of their supporters in a recent national campaign to discredit evolution and to promote the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. The Times story included quotes from some of the signers, indicating a range of reasons for signing, varying from technical scientific reasons to religious or theological reasons. The story did not include any quote from Picard clarifying why she put her name on the original 2001 version which first appeared in print beneath a Discovery Institute advertisement critical of the PBS series on Evolution.

References

  1. Media Lab Faculty Biography
  2. Publication of Affective Computing
  3. IEEE Fellows of the Class of 2005
  4. Research Projects of the Affective Computing Research Group
  5. Affective Computing Group Web Page
  6. Current and Past Projects
  7. MIT Faculty Biography Page
  8. Affective Learning Companion
  9. MIT Press Publication of Affective Computing
  10. Few Biologists but Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition, Kenneth Chang, New York Times, February 21, 2006.
  11. Signatories of 'A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism'
  12. Doubts Over Evolution Mount With Over 300 Scientists Expressing Skepticism With Central Tenet of Darwin's Theory
  13. Original "100 Scientists" Advertisement

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