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iNonymize: Empathetic Anonymity in Tele-Mental Health Using AI Generated Avatars

This project was selected to represent MIT at the Microsoft Design Expo 2020 on ‘Healthier Futures.’ iNonymizeA tele-mental health p...

in Fluid Interfaces
Joanne Leong · Pat Pataranutaporn +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #communications +3 more
Project Research

Essence Wearables: Biometric Olfactory Interfaces for Day and Night

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has traditionally focused on designing and investigating interfaces that provide explicit visual, audito...

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez
#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +18 more
Project Research

dementAI

 dementAI is an open-source platform for modeling risk stratification of Alzheimer's dementia using spontaneous speech through ...

Utkarsh Sarawgi · Pattie Maes
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #health +5 more
Project Research

Project Us

“Us” aims to help people develop their sense of empathy. It uses machine learning to analyze interlocutors’ signals (e.g., tone of voice,...

in Fluid Interfaces
Camilo Rojas · Gaurav Patekar +1 more
#human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence #wearable computing +1 more
Project Research

Leveraging artificial intelligence for the assessment of severity of depressive symptoms

This project is supported by the Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health (J-Clinic), the National Institutes of Hea...

in Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard · Darian Bhathena
#wearable computing #affective computing
Project Research

Behavioral Indications of Depression Severity

In collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, we are conducting a clinical trial exploring objective methods for assessing depres...

in Affective Computing
Asma Ghandeharioun · Szymon Fedor +1 more
#health #wearable computing #affective computing +1 more
Project Research

BrainBeat: Breath-based music therapy

Can we sonfiy calming breathing and passively influence a state of calm?Deep breathing has been scientifically proven to affect the heart...

in Affective Computing
Asma Ghandeharioun · Grace Leslie +1 more
#human-machine interaction #music #affective computing
Project Research

SPRING: A Smart Platform for Research, Intervention, and Neurodevelopmental Growth

SPRING is a custom-built hardware and software platform for children with neuro-differences. The system automates data acquisition, optim...

in Affective Computing · ML Learning
Rosalind W. Picard · Kristy Johnson
#robotics #cognition #data +7 more
Project Research

PAL: Project on Affinities + Language

The Project on Affinities and Language (PAL) is designed to help us understand what happens in a child’s brain when they engage with thei...

in Affective Computing
Kristy Johnson
#learning #neurobiology #language learning +3 more
Project Research

Predicting students' wellbeing from physiology, phone, mobility, and behavioral data

The goal of this project is to apply machine learning methods to model the wellbeing of MIT undergraduate students. Extensive data is obt...

in Advancing Wellbeing · Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard · Akane Sano +5 more
#data #health #machine learning +2 more
Project Research

Affective Robotic Ring

An affective robotic ring which allows users to interact with multiple robots using finger gestures.- Runs on Robotic Operating System (R...

in Personal Robots
M.S. Suryateja Jammalamadaka · Manushaqe Muco +1 more
#robotics #artificial intelligence #sensors +2 more
Project Research

BioEssence

A wearable olfactory display that monitors cardio-respiratory information with the aspiration to support mental wellbeing.BioEssence is a...

in Fluid Interfaces
Judith Amores Fernandez · Pattie Maes +2 more
#consumer electronics #health #wearable computing +5 more
Project Research

UncNet: Modeling uncertainty in deep learning for inherently subjective tasks

Automatic emotion recognition has become a well-established machine learning task in recent years. The sensitive and subjective nature of...

in Affective Computing
Asma Ghandeharioun · Rosalind W. Picard
#machine learning #affective computing
Project Research

Personalized Machine Learning for Future Health

​The view on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) diagnosis has shifted towards a more dynamic process in which clinical and pathological markers evo...

in Affective Computing
Ognjen (Oggi) Rudovic · Rosalind W. Picard
#human-machine interaction #pharmaceuticals #machine learning +2 more
Project Research

Emotion Navigation

Before automobiles were invented and widely adopted, animals like horses were the most common mode of transportation. While this change b...

in Affective Computing
Neska Elhaouij · Rosalind W. Picard +10 more
#interfaces #affective computing #autonomous vehicles
Project Research

Adaptive Music for Affect Improvement

Adaptive Music for Affect Improvement (AMAI) is a music generation and playback system with the goal of steering the listener toward a st...

in Opera of the Future · Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard · David Su
#music #affective computing #technology
Project Research

Improving Wellbeing for Office Workers

Excessive stress can decrease office workers' productivity and negatively impact overall health. This project aims to predict office work...

in Affective Computing
Terumi Umematsu · Akane Sano +2 more
#affective computing
Project Research

Personalized Animated Movies

Storytelling is a fundamental way in which human beings understand the world. Imagine watching a movie telling the story of your life, ho...

in Affective Computing
Fengjiao Peng · Rosalind W. Picard
#art #human-machine interaction #behavioral science +1 more
Project Research

Improving wellbeing prediction performance using temporal machine learning models

This project aims to improve the prediction accuracy of wellbeing (stress, mood, and health levels) using temporal machine learning model...

in Affective Computing
Terumi Umematsu · Akane Sano +2 more
#machine learning #affective computing #wellbeing
Project Research

SNAPSHOT Study

The SNAPSHOT study seeks to measure Sleep, Networks, Affect, Performance, Stress, and Health using Objective Techniques. It is an NIH-fun...

in Advancing Wellbeing · Affective Computing
Akane Sano · Sara Taylor +9 more
#health #wearable computing #machine learning +2 more
Project Research

WorldBeat: Hearing the world differently

Can we modulate the way we hear the world around us to make it more calming or to induce focus? While technology is usually associated wi...

in Affective Computing
Asma Ghandeharioun · Rosalind W. Picard
#affective computing
Project Research

Modulating peripheral and cortical arousal using a musical motor response task

We are conducting EEG studies to identify the musical features and musical interaction patterns that universally impact measures of arous...

in Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard · Grace Leslie
#human-machine interaction #music #affective computing
Project Research

Learning via Social Awareness: Improving sketch representations with facial feedback

In the quest towards general artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have explored developing loss functions that act as intrinsic moti...

in Affective Computing
Natasha Jaques · Rosalind W. Picard
#artificial intelligence #machine learning #affective computing
Project Research

BrightBeat: Effortlessly influencing breathing for cultivating calmness and focus

The relationship between breathing and self-reported stress is bidirectional. Respiration pattern is an indicator of stress, but it can a...

in Advancing Wellbeing · Affective Computing
Asma Ghandeharioun · Rosalind W. Picard
#health #wearable computing #affective computing +2 more
Project Research

An EEG and motion-capture based expressive music interface for affective neurofeedback

This project examines how the expression granted by new musical interfaces can be harnessed to create positive changes in health and well...

in Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard · Grace Leslie
#human-machine interaction #music #affective computing
Project Research

Personalized Machine Learning for Autism Therapy

EngageME: Personalized machine learning and humanoid robots for measuring affect and engagement of children with autismEngageME is a proj...

in Affective Computing
Ognjen (Oggi) Rudovic · Rosalind W. Picard
#robotics #human-computer interaction #health +9 more
Project Research

EmotionalBeasts

With advances in virtual reality (VR) and physiological sensing technology, even more immersive computer-mediated communication through l...

in Fluid Interfaces
Guillermo Bernal
#virtual reality #art #sensors +2 more
Project Research

Image Sentiment Analysis

 In this project we explore how to recognize and localize affect in images.

in Affective Computing
Agata Lapedriza Garcia
#affective computing
Project Research

Machine Learning for Pain Measurement

Pain is a subjective experience commonly measured through patients' self reports. Unfortunately, self-report measures only work when...

in Affective Computing
Ognjen (Oggi) Rudovic · Daniel Lopez Martinez +1 more
#affective computing
Project Research

Realtime Detection of Social Cues

Realtime detection of social cues in children’s voicesIn everyday conversation, people use what are known as backchannels to signal to so...

in Personal Robots
Hae Won Park · Mirko Gelsomini +2 more
#artificial intelligence #data #human-machine interaction +7 more
Project Research

QuantifyMe

Unlike traditional randomized controlled trials that generalize relationships in large groups of people, single-case experiments seek to ...

in Affective Computing · Advancing Wellbeing
Rosalind W. Picard · Akane Sano +3 more
#data #wearable computing #behavioral science +2 more

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